Land Reform Dbq

A conversation between a teenage peasant and his grandfather explained some of the goods that communism had brought to the Chinese. From the grandfather’s point of view, Communism had brought nothing but greatness to the Chinese state, but at the time period such claims would often be argued, thus building tension.(DOC 2). With the prevalent tension and the armed peasants it led to a mass reform during this period. An Addition document that may help in this would most definitely be a journal from a pro Communism and anti Communism to see the variety of views on the group.

One example of a change in relashonship between the communists and the peasants in when the wealthy countryside land owners had the feudal system ablohsed. In document 8 it is stated “ the landownership system of feudal exploitation by the landlord class shall be abolished and the system of peasant landownership shall be introduced in order to set free the rural productive forces.” This shows the People’s republic of Chinas desire

Since no one was buying these crops and they couldn’t grow their own food, it led to starvation which caused many deaths. In the years 1875-1900 there were 26 million deaths (Doc 7) Dr. Lalvani claims that the government didn’t do any killing but they forced people to grow cash crops which led to starvation

Peasants became more and more agitated with the state of Han China as more of them became severely indebted to rich landowners due to heavy taxation. The only way to survive became to sell their land to the wealthy and become tenant farmers.

Document 1 by Wang Xin a Chinese peasant who wrote this document for people interested in Xin’s life to talk about life in China during communist rule. This document shows how Mao helped poor people by giving them better living conditions. Also, he helped the poor people by giving them independence. Document 2 by Chow Qingli who was forced into marriage in China before 1950 wrote this document for people interested in China during the modern times to discuss women’s experiences during that time. This document shows how women got their freedom after the law gave them permission to marry whoever they wanted. Before things were really difficult for women because they couldn’t chose their own husbands. Mao helped them by making the law change and women could have all the freedom they needed. The Communist China notes talks about the reforms Mao did to the society. Mao expanded education for the lower class students. This made the society better because now everything was equal since everyone had education. Many kids got the chance to have a higher level of reading and writing. Children got the chance to have a better life and be able to learn new things. Document 7 by an unknown photographer took a picture for people interested in the Cultural Revolution to show that there was discrimination against Buddhism. Even though, there was discrimination against a

Source A supports the claim and is reliable. Source A is intended to convey a balanced perspective on China’s healthcare system in the early 1950s. From Source A, we can infer that healthcare reforms were wide in scope and extent, targeting prostitution, opium use, diseases spread by vermin, and provided “basic healthcare and preventive services” to all, but yielded unintentional drawbacks in killing sparrows. This is reliable since it corroborates with my contextual knowledge that Mao’s healthcare reforms were indeed numerous and wide-ranging in the 1950s. It did close brothels, opium dens, and launch health campaigns to eliminate diseases.

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Indigenous people have long been denied the entitlement of land rights by Australia. Law reform has been both effective as well as ineffective in achieving genuine access and control of land for the indigenous people. Law reform aims to reinforce and strengthen justice, through the process of first examining existing laws, and by then revoking, amending or creating the necessary changes to a law. This procedure is acted in accordance with judicial bodies, by the result of case law along with statutory law. The Native Title Act of 1993 was achieved through statutory reform. This act took place by cause of the High Courts settlement of the second Mabo case of 1992. Although law reform has not been exclusively effective, it has been relatively

In source 7, where a witness account is presented, the following quote is inserted, "Growing up in the “New China” we were fed with revolutionary ideas... " This quote is proof of how Mao's ideas are being implemented in society and are affecting people's lives, especially of the young ones. They are certainly influenced by the information presented to them and are probably raised to follow Mao's beliefs. Source 6 talks about one of the freedoms granted to the children by Mao, and what they decide to do with it, it is stated, "...

It is clear that Mao’s initial goal was to gain power in China, which is demonstrated by his determination to overthrow Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang (KMT) via his idiosyncratic version of communist revolution. In order to do so, Mao utilised methods he deemed most suitable for the communists and, more broadly, Chinese society. For example, unlike his Marxist predecessors, Mao believed that peasants, not urban workers, were the key to rebellion in China. Subsequently, in 1926, he organised peasant unions

Mao’s strength and superior methods allowed to him to exploit the weaknesses of the GMD government. Mao believed that a permanent, two-stage revolution derived from the peasants was a key aspect. Thus the support of the peasants was crucial success to any political party and Mao’s strategy for winning their support was discipline and land reform. He believed rent reduction must be the result of mass struggle, not a favour from the government and the policy of

As public services such as health and education suffered under the GMD and living conditions in rural areas worsened, civilians rapidly joined the Communist party. Many soldiers who fought for the Nationals changed sides and began fighting for communism. The essential focus of Mao’s revolution revolved solely around the peasants who made up 85% of the population. His new land reforms meant taking land from rich landlords and dividing it amongst poorer peasants. Mao also introduced national health care as 95% of individuals in China had never seen a doctor

America in the 1700’s was a place of unsurpassed land opportunity. The colonial America provided thousands of potential acres to many Europeans; however, they did not have an organized system to sell this untapped land. America began to organize its first version of the stock market focused around the idea of land distributions. “ Land Speculation was in itself a driving factor of many business owners because of the vast foreign land that was not occupied yet” (Geisst 1). “As a result of this, land was viewed less for homeownership than for vending purposes” (Geisst 2). The colonial America could now offer new opportunities as well as investment options in agriculture and cash crops. The desire to own land and sell land was also inherent in

Mao believed the new policy would be so successful in stimulating output and surplus resources that the government would see a net gain in surplus captured from the countryside. Mao saw that this surplus that could be invested in heavy industry, mining, and infrastructure among other things. This optimism about the potential increases in productivity of rural laborers also encouraged the central government to massively relocate labor from agriculture to industry. It would not appear that Mao nor any of his top aides asked themselves one most important questions: What happens if the productivity estimations are wrong?

But some of the promises made to the people were fulfilled. In a few short years Chinese peasants were moved from their small plots of land into large communes and cooperatives. On these communes very had enough to eat, everyone shared the work, and there was a real sense of community.