HW 1

Three long term and three short term causes of the Chinese Civil War:

Short Term:
Increasingly poor economic stability. (Economic)
"extermination campaigns" against Communists (Political)/(Ideological)/(Social)
Warring "feudal" lords, fighting for control of China. (Political)/(Social)

Long Term:
May 4th movement: Japan was given chinese land, even after China helped the Allies during WWI (Political)
Opium Wars with Britain, a manifestation of increasing European influence in China (Political)/(Social)
Failed revolution of 1911: Instead of rise in nationalist movement, failure in domestic policy and order. (Political)/(Social)