austin did his blog discussion then we did presentations:
senator joe mccarthy and mccarthyism:
mccarhyism- practice of making accusations of disloyalty subversions or treason without proper regard for evidence
happened during the second red scare after ww2
many americans were being accused of being communist
if you look suspicious then you would be questioned
joseph raymond mccarthy-
afraid of communists taking over the world
army-mccarthy hearing-
he started accussing people who were in the military of being communist
he was a heavy drinker and died of acute hepatitis
china becomes communist:
mao zedong- leader of the chinese revolution; lead the communist party of china to victory over chiang-kaishek's kuamintang
chiang-kaisshek- in charge of the chinese nationalist party
1949 chinese civil war started between the communists and the nationalists
the communists were pushing the nationalists back during the war which separated china into two groups
republic of china and thee people's republic of china
chiang's army was forced to move to outter islands of china
chiang's army was pushed to taiwan and communists controlled most of china
communists wanted to be russia and they were supported by the soviet union
1958- Mao launched the second 5 year plan
known as great leap forward
plan focused on industrializing china and tried to shift focus off of agriculture
cultural revolution- finished the communising of china
trying to take control of the country
a lot of killing and raping happened during this
many thought that Mao should be taken out of power
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