World Communism, Strayer 22

3/8/2015

Class forum anyone? Well, remember, it's just
one test this week on Tues/Wed; and it's a
"hybrid" test, multiple choice and margin questions.

3 Comments

Isabella Jarosz

3/8/2015 07:34:57 am

As Strayer states in the yellow book on page 660, "This chapter primarily focuses on a comparison of these two large-scale experiments [China and Russia] and their global impact." So, I figured, what better MQ than MQ2, "Identify the major differences between the Russian and Chinese revolutions."
Here's my answer:
− the Chinese revolution was a decades-long struggle, where as Russian revolution occurred in a year
− Unlike Russia, where intellectuals had been discussing socialism for an extremely long time (half a century), the idea of socialism was brand new to China
− The CCP in China faced a much more threatening foe and, thus, had a more surprising victory than the weak Provisional Government that was overthrown in Russia
− The Bolsheviks (Russia) found their primary audience among workers in Russia’s major cities, Chinese communists looked to peasants for support
− Chinese peasants did not rise up spontaneously against their landlords, as Russian peasants had
− China’s powerful CCP put down deep roots among the peasant class that Russia was never able to achieve
− Bolsheviks gained support by urging the Russian withdrawal from WWI, whereas the CCP won support by aggressively pursuing the struggle against Japanese invaders during World War II

Isabella Jarosz

3/8/2015 08:09:08 am

Let me know if I'm missing something or if it's too much. This question is huuuuge.
5. What changes did communist regimes bring to the lives of women?
− full and legal political equality for women
− marriage became a civil procedure among freely consenting adults
− divorce and abortion were legalized and made easier
− illegitimacy was abolished
− women no longer had to take their husbands’ surnames
− pregnancy leave for employed women was ordered
− women were actively mobilized as workers in the country’s drive to industrialized
− conferences just for women
− women were trained to run day-care-centers and clinics
− published newspapers and magazines for females
− provided literacy and prenatal classes
− encouraged Muslim women to take off their veils
− end of concubine and child marriage
− no more permission for widows to remarry
− equal property rights for women
− women were more actively involved in production outside of the home
− widespread feminist movements: Russia- Zhenotdel; China- Marriage Law of 1950, Women’s Federation

Bingham

3/8/2015 11:40:00 am

Oh, Isabella, you're learning to read my mind!

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