Stats: Republican China: 1928-1937

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Name of the retreat by Communist forces	The Long March	63%
On July 7th 1937, a Japanese soldier was reported to be missing from his unit. Although he was not captured by the Chinese, the Imperial Army used this as an excuse to search the town of Wanping. This incident is named after a bridge nearby	The Marco-Polo Bridge Incident	63%
The event above started this war	The Second Sino- Japanese War	63%
Event that led to the collapse of the First United Front	The Shanghai Massacre	63%
Who was the head of the leftist KMT faction	Wang Jingwei	63%
Which city did Mao's army eventually settle in	Yan'an	63%
After moving to Mao's base area, the party leadership attempted to sideline him in this year	1932	50%
Chiang believed in a policy of _______ towards the Japanese as he believed that China must build up its forces for a later confrontation	Appeasement	50%
Province in which the above lost most of his men to the Ma clique, which was allied with the KMT, eliminating him as a rival to Mao	Gansu	50%
At around the same time, members of this Japanese army plan to destabilize Manchuria	Guandong Army	50%
In Jiangxi, instead of conventional warfare, Mao's army was successful at implementing this	Guerrilla Tactics	50%
By 1932, Manchuria is secured and this puppet government is established	Manchukuo	50%
Japan makes this man the emperor of the above. In reality he was a figurehead	Puyi	50%
But Mao, not wanting to submit to the above, decided to move his weaker army north towards this province	Shaanxi	50%
Domestically, Chiang attempted to improve life in Nanjing and other major cities. This decade from 1927-1937 was known as	The Nanjing Decade	50%
Where did this faction form a rival government in opposition to Chiang's policies against the communists	Wuhan	50%
Communist General who allied with Mao's forces in Jiangxi	Zhu De	50%
At this city, Mao was brought back as an influential figure in the party	Zunyi	50%
Name of Chiang's German military advisor, whose strategy of mobile blockhouses cut off the Communist base and forced the Communists to retreat	Alexander von Falkenhausen	38%
Who from this group became the new general secretary of the CCP	Bo Gu	38%
In addition to just the Communists, Chiang also had to deal with warlord remnants such as his one time allies Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang. This large war from 1929-1930 diverted Chiang's attention from the Communists and weakened his position in Manchuria	Central Plains War	38%
Who in the Communist party was blamed for this	Chen Duxiu	38%
The new leader of the CCP pressed for uprisings in _____ around China, as he believed many workers would join the communist cause	Cities	38%
Which operation did Chiang finally succeed in defeating the Communists	Fifth Encirclement Campaign	38%
On September 18th, 1931, a bomb staged by the army above goes off, causing minimal damage to a Japanese owned railway. However, this incident is then used to conquer Manchuria	Mukden Incident	38%
As the Communist Forces got larger, Mao moved to this city	Ruijin	38%
However, the above did not recognize Mao's leadership, in addition to wanting to move south to this province	Sichuan	38%
After more failed uprisings in major cities, this group of soviet-educated party members replaced him as the new leadership	The 28 Bolsheviks	38%
Ultranationalist organization which helped carry out the above	The Blue Shirts Society	38%
Chiang also started this movement to revive Neo-Confucian values in China's citizens	The New Life Movement	38%
As a result, this alliance was formed between the Communists and the KMT	The Second United Front	38%
As Chiang was preparing his next campaign to finish off the Communist forces, he was kidnapped by the above two in this event, he was then convinced to prioritize Japan over the communists	The Xi'an Incident	38%
Along their journey, the Communists met with the army of this man, who was one of the founders of the party	Zhang Guotao	38%
Upset that his power base in Manchuria was seized by the Japanese, this general began to communicate with the communists to find a way to persuade Chiang to fight Japan	Zhang Xueliang	38%
Combined with other failed uprisings, this disastrous operation in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, led to this leader being purged	Autumn Harvest Uprising	25%
The director of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, who was influential in the above organization and assisted Chiang in gathering intelligence and rooting out Communists	Dai Li	25%
Meanwhile, Chiang Kai-Shek was pursuing a policy of eradicating the Communists. What were these operations called	Encirclement Campaigns	25%
This led the foundation of this	Jiangxi Soviet	25%
Mao Zedong, one of the leaders of the above uprising, retreated to this place in Jiangxi	Jinggang Mountains	25%
Name the two Republican politicians who were influential in deciding the country's economic policies. They were largely responsible for the hyperinflation experienced during this time	Kong Xiangxi	25%
The actual leader was	Li Lisan	25%
Response by the CCP to the purge	Nanchang Uprising	25%
Name of the Communist's German military advisor whose advice led to the Communist defeat	Otto Braun	25%
Breaking from both Soviet and domestic communist views, Mao put emphasis on this class of people in his "Report on an Investigation of the ______ Movement in Hunan"	Peasant	25%
	Song Ziwen	25%
In 1933, in this agreement, a demilitarized zone was established 100 kilometers south of the Great Wall between the Chinese and Japanese forces	Tanggu Truce	25%
This soviet-educated communist who supported the above alliance genuinely. This would put him at odds with Mao, who wanted to use the alliance as a way to strengthen Communist forces while the KMT fought the Japanese	Wang Ming	25%
General who assisted the above in his plan to persuade Chiang	Yang Hucheng	25%
The leader of the Communist Party was replaced with this figurehead, who became a Mao Loyalist after the failure of the current leadership	Zhang Wentian	25%
Exacerbated by interference by the Soviet Union and the Communist party, the rival government began to purge communist elements in this event	715 Incident	13%
Meanwhile, Mao attempted to consolidate power by removing rivals that he associated with this KMT run counter-intelligence network	Anti-Bolshevik League	13%
By 1934, all of Chiang's previous campaigns to wipe out the Communists failed. However, the communists began to use these tactics, which failed to repel the KMT	Conventional Warfare	13%
At _____ the local garrison rebelled as they claimed that Mao's methods were going to far	Futian	13%
This 1935 agreement gave the Japanese effective control of Hebei province	He-Umezu Agreement	13%
This conflict in the Shanghai International Settlement started between the Chinese and Japanese due to the staging of anti-Japanese protests by officers in the Japanese army	January 28th Incident	13%
Name of the conference that successfully sidelined Mao	Ningdu Conference	13%
Who replaced the above as the new leader	Qu Qiubai	13%
But, like his predecessor, he also held __________ views about Communism	Traditional	13%
Along this river, Communist casualties were heavy as they attempted to break past KMT defenses	Xiang River	13%
This man, a poor worker, was made the new figurehead of the Communist Party	Xiang Zhongfa	13%

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