PROJECT 2
2
Research Plan
Research Question
: What type of ruler was Mao Zedong, and how did he treat the people of
China?
Introduction
During the time before World War II, China had not become fully industrialized as a
nation, there were high ranking officials and an army, but they were not at the power that they
are at today. This is because of a man named Mao Zedong, he was the man that brought the idea
of industrialism to China, and he was the man that made it possible. Mao Zedong was the ruler
of Communist China and in office from March 20, 1943, to September 9, 1976, he promised
to bring China to great power by industrializing the nation, but it did not go as according to
plan in the beginning for the civilians of this great country.
Historical Context
: Before Mao Zedong became a ruler of a country, he was just a little
boy from a village in the Hunan Province, his father sent him to school so he could help with the
family business, but young Mao wanted a higher education. When his father denied his request,
he threatened to commit suicide if he did not get a higher education. As time went on, Mao
became very boldened and broke many promises, which foreshadows how he would be as a
leader in the Communist Party of China. He would also go on to break many promises that he
has made to the civilians of China (
Wilson, Mao Zedong
). As Mao became one of the rulers in
China, tension began to grow during WWII after the Pearl Harbor bombing, the US was
threatening to bomb China which in turn, Mao Zedong ordered for nuclear bombs to start being
produced for war efforts. This is also because China ended up signing a Treaty with Soviet
Russia called the Friendship and Alliance treaty, which the US was not happy about (
Wilson,
Mao Zedong
).
