Tag: hst271
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Week 10
This week, we learned about the early years of the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong. I chose the Korean War exploration pack. In class, my group talked about propaganda from the American and Chinese perspectives during the Korean War. The US supported South Korea, while China supported North Korea. We watched American newsreels…
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Show and Tell Project 3
For this Show and Tell project, I decided to look deeper into the history of Taiwan from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. Taiwan was incorporated into the Qing Empire in 1683 when the Manchu army defeated the forces of Koxinga, a Ming Dynasty loyalist. Taiwan became a colony of Japan in 1895 after…
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Week 8
This week, we discussed the struggles between the Nationalists (Guomindang) and Communists (CCP) for control of China during the first few decades of the twentieth century. There was no central power in China after the last emperor abdicated in 1912. It was a very chaotic time. In class, we discussed how the year 1927 was…
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Week 7
This week, we learned about how the Qing Empire collapsed after nearly three hundred years in power, and it was replaced by a republic. For Wednesday’s class, I used Exploration Pack 2: The Chinese Labor Force at the European Front. The Chinese Labor Corps was a noncombatant unit that served in Europe during World War…
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Week 4
For this week, I used Exploration Pack Two: Opium War. The Opium Wars were a major conflict with the West and a factor which led to the decline of the Qing Empire. A central question we discussed in class was whether the Qing Empire collapsed from within or as a result of foreign aggression. In…
