History Quiz

[Luissa]

speaking of communism.
Who is considered the father of The Republic of China?
it is easy but everyone I ask always get it wrong.

I cheated and googled. Sun Yat-sen

Modern China: Sun Yat-sen

In Chinese history he is known as "The Father of the Revolution" or "The Father of the Republic." In the West he is considered the most important figure of Chinese history in the twentieth century. As a revolutionary, he lived most of his life in disappointment. For over twenty years he struggled to bring a nationalist and democratic revolution to China and when he finally triumphed with the establishment of the Chinese Republic in 1912 with him as president, he had it cruelly snatched from him by the dictatorial and ambitious Yüan Shih-kai. He died in 1924, with China in ruins, torn by the anarchy and violence of competing warlords. His ideas, however, fueled the revolutionary fervor of the early twentieth century and became the basis of the Nationalist government established by Chiang Kai-shek in 1928.

Sun Yat-sen based his idea of revolution on three principles: nationalism, democracy, and equalization. These three principles, in fact, were elevated to the status of basic principles: the Three People's Principles. The first of these held that Chinese government should be in the hands of the Chinese rather than a foreign imperial house. Government should be republican and democratically elected. Finally, disparities in land ownership should be equalized among the people, wealth more evenly distributed, and the social effects of unbridled capitalism and commerce should be mitigated by government. The latter principle involved the nationalization of land; Sun believed that land ownership allows too much power to accrue to the hands of landlords. In his nationalization theory, people would be deprived of the right to own land, but they could still retain other rights over the land by permission of the state.

In Sun's theory of democracy, government would be divided into five separate branches: the executive, legislative, judicial, the censorate, and the civil service system. The latter two branches primarily functioned as a check on the first three, which are the more familiar branches of government to Westerners. The latter two were also traditional branches of the Chinese government and functioned indepedently. The civil service had been around since the Han period and the censorae had been created by the Hong Wu emperor at the beginning of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). This form of government, however, was never really instituted in Nationalist China.

In addition, his theory of democracy itself, that is, "rule by the people," was based on the "four powers of the people." These four powers were: a.) the right to vote; b.) the right to recall; c.) the power of initiative (the power to initiate legislation); d.) the power of referendum (the power to amend an old law)....

People always forget about him. I am doing a paper on him and it is quite interesting.
He did not make the chinese communist party is ally until he had been thrown out the first time and he needed help to over throw the chinese government.

 

[Annie]

speaking of communism.
Who is considered the father of The Republic of China?
it is easy but everyone I ask always get it wrong.

I cheated and googled. Sun Yat-sen

Modern China: Sun Yat-sen

In Chinese history he is known as "The Father of the Revolution" or "The Father of the Republic." In the West he is considered the most important figure of Chinese history in the twentieth century. As a revolutionary, he lived most of his life in disappointment. For over twenty years he struggled to bring a nationalist and democratic revolution to China and when he finally triumphed with the establishment of the Chinese Republic in 1912 with him as president, he had it cruelly snatched from him by the dictatorial and ambitious Yüan Shih-kai. He died in 1924, with China in ruins, torn by the anarchy and violence of competing warlords. His ideas, however, fueled the revolutionary fervor of the early twentieth century and became the basis of the Nationalist government established by Chiang Kai-shek in 1928.

Sun Yat-sen based his idea of revolution on three principles: nationalism, democracy, and equalization. These three principles, in fact, were elevated to the status of basic principles: the Three People's Principles. The first of these held that Chinese government should be in the hands of the Chinese rather than a foreign imperial house. Government should be republican and democratically elected. Finally, disparities in land ownership should be equalized among the people, wealth more evenly distributed, and the social effects of unbridled capitalism and commerce should be mitigated by government. The latter principle involved the nationalization of land; Sun believed that land ownership allows too much power to accrue to the hands of landlords. In his nationalization theory, people would be deprived of the right to own land, but they could still retain other rights over the land by permission of the state.

In Sun's theory of democracy, government would be divided into five separate branches: the executive, legislative, judicial, the censorate, and the civil service system. The latter two branches primarily functioned as a check on the first three, which are the more familiar branches of government to Westerners. The latter two were also traditional branches of the Chinese government and functioned indepedently. The civil service had been around since the Han period and the censorae had been created by the Hong Wu emperor at the beginning of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). This form of government, however, was never really instituted in Nationalist China.

In addition, his theory of democracy itself, that is, "rule by the people," was based on the "four powers of the people." These four powers were: a.) the right to vote; b.) the right to recall; c.) the power of initiative (the power to initiate legislation); d.) the power of referendum (the power to amend an old law)....

People always forget about him. I am doing a paper on him and it is quite interesting.
He did not make the chinese communist party is ally until he had been thrown out the first time and he needed help to over throw the chinese government.

Indeed. It was US insistence on backing Sheck who was more concerned with money and self-importance than backing the 'communist' Mao, who was helping the people and really fighting the Japanese. I'm glad young people are still reading history.

 

[Luissa]

I cheated and googled. Sun Yat-sen

Modern China: Sun Yat-sen

People always forget about him. I am doing a paper on him and it is quite interesting.
He did not make the chinese communist party is ally until he had been thrown out the first time and he needed help to over throw the chinese government.

Indeed. It was US insistence on backing Sheck who was more concerned with money and self-importance than backing the 'communist' Mao, who was helping the people and really fighting the Japanese. I'm glad young people are still reading history.

I am actually taking Chinese history this quater but I have always loved history.

 

[paperview]

I like this thread.

Looks like it hasn't been opened in a while...but maybe I can partake by asking one:

Who was the African American elected to public office in the United States?

And when?

 

[hjmick]

John Mercer Langston. 1855. Town clerk in Brownhelm, Ohio.

I only know this because he lived in Chillicothe Ohio for a brief period and my family is from Chillicothe.

 

[paperview]

John Mercer Langston. 1855. Town clerk in Brownhelm, Ohio.

I only know this because he lived in Chillicothe Ohio for a brief period and my family is from Chillicothe.

Good answer, but it's wrong.

 

[paperview]

I'll wait a bit to give the correct answer.

Maybe someone else may get it.

 

[Luissa]

any of you guys watch Cash Cab? I am watching a marathon today, love the show. Love days off also!!

 

[Luissa]

What President got stuck in a bath tub?

 

[paperview]

What President got stuck in a bath tub?

Fatso Taft.
But no one got the last one yet.

 

[bodecea]

What President got stuck in a bath tub?

Fatso Taft.
But no one got the last one yet.

Sorry, don't know.

But here's another one....What part of G. Washington's will caused his widow, Martha, to move to a small attic bedroom after his death?

 

[JakeStarkey]

Wentworth of Cheswell on New Hampshire before the Revolution was probably the first elected official.

 

[JW Frogen]

Wentworth of Cheswell on New Hampshire before the Revolution was probably the first elected official.

May the name forever bask in glory.

 

[rightwinger]

Everyone knows Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon

Who was the last?

 

[Ernie S.]

Hi Everyone
I'm new to This forum
it is great to join this Forum, hope i'm welcome in

With a rack like that, you'll do fine!
Welcome.