cultural revolution Flashcards
(15 cards)
when was CR launched
1966
what were the aims of the Cultural Revolution
-struggle to remould culture
-purge of party leaderhsip
-rectification campgain
what were the four olds
culture, ideas, customs and habits
how mnay regional and provincial officials were purged in CR rectification
70%
when did mao swim in the yangzi river
1966
what happened to liu shaoqi and deng xiaoping
attacked by mao, liu dies in prison in 1969 and deng is eventually rehabilited
when was the february crackdown and what was it
1967, attempts to protect PLA from upheavals
what was the february adverse current
how may books destroyed in the attack in qufu (confucians birth place) 1966
2700
what common household item was taboo in the cr
cr
who stopped the forbidden city from attacks
zhou enlai
what does mao tell the revolutionaries to do
bombard the headquarters
how many urban youth sent to rural areas between 1967-72 and what was this called
up to the mountains down to the villages, 12 million
when was the CR ended
april 1969
how many died in CR
2 million
