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Section II (National Study): China 1927-1949
Quick questions on The Northern Expedition and Chiang Kai-shek's consolidation 1926-1928: HSC Modern History National Study China
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What is china on the eve of the Expedition?Show answer
After Yuan Shikai's death in 1916, China fragmented into warlord fiefdoms. By 1926 perhaps a dozen major militarists controlled regions: Wu Peifu in the central Yangtze, Sun Chuanfang in the lower Yangtze, Zhang Zuolin in Manchuria. The KMT, refounded by Sun Yat-sen in 1919, held only Guangdong province.
What is the Whampoa Military Academy?Show answer
Whampoa opened on 1 May 1924 on an island ten miles below Guangzhou. Chiang Kai-shek, freshly returned from Moscow, was commandant. Zhou Enlai directed political instruction. By 1926 the Academy had produced four classes totalling around 5,000 cadets, the officer corps of the new National Revolutionary Army (NRA).
What are the Northern Expedition begins?Show answer
Chiang launched the Expedition on 9 July 1926 with around 100,000 NRA troops. The strategy combined three columns: a left along the Yangtze toward Wuhan, a centre toward Nanchang, and a right toward Fujian and Shanghai.
What is q1?Show answer
Source A is an extract from Borodin on Soviet aid to the KMT (1924). Using Source A and your own knowledge, explain the role of the First United Front in the Northern Expedition. [5 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Evaluate the extent to which Chiang Kai-shek's success in the Northern Expedition depended on the First United Front. [25 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare the views of Hans van de Ven and Jonathan Fenby on Chiang Kai-shek's leadership during the Northern Expedition. [10 marks]
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