USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

KOREAS PARTITION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The failure of Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces in the Chinese Civil War can largely be blamed on the fact that ____
A
the U.S. feared and distrusted communism.
B
the U.S. had a lack of interest in who won the conflict in China.
C
the United States had given aid to the opposition.
D
he was a weak and corrupt leader.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Communists gained control of mainland China and established the People’s Republic of China in 1949, forcing the leadership of the Republic of China to retreat to the island of Taiwan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Chinese Civil War (Chinese: ) was a civil war fought from 1927 to 1949 because of differences in thinking between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Kuomintang (KMT, or Chinese Nationalist Party). The war was a fight for legitimacy of the government of China.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union’s decision to let the CCP take control of Japanese weapons and supplies left behind in Manchuria, on the other hand, proved decisive. The Communists were able to mobilize a massive army of peasants with their program of radical land reform and gradually began winning open battles against the KMT.

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