The cultural revolution - 1966-1976

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  • The goal
    • The cultural revolution = 1966-1976
      • Mao's position
        • he resigned as president in 1959
        • he remained chairman for the CCP
      • Reasons for =
        • mao's position was weak - he wanted to defeat opponents and regain his political supermacy
        • mao hated the the development of the CCP - chinese culture had to change
        • education needed to be more revolutionary and less academic
      • The red guards =
        • mao told young students of china to form themselves into the 'red guards'
        • there was a small group that embraced the cult of mao and the revolution
        • they were formed to struggle against teachers - but soon took on a larger role
        • they were supported by the PLA
        • they were violent and brutal - attacked and killed teachers
      • Impacts =
        • factories were re-organised to give power to the workers - all wages were eqal
        • technicians were dismissed and production fell - transport ground to a halt
        • education was hugely disrupted - students had to learn from factory workers and peasants by work experience
        • some schools were shut for 2 years
        • markets and resurants closed in villages
        • peasants land was taken away from them again
        • opponents for killed or sent into exile
      • Moderates (took over CCP from Mao)  = Deng, Liu and Zhou
      • Radicals (in charge of cultural revolution) = Mao, Lin Biao and Jiang Qing
      • Cult of mao = his supporters
      • 'Up to the mountains and down to the villages' =
        • a campaign that encouraged young people to move to the country to learn the lifestyle of the peasants
        • followed the purge of the red guards in '68
        • why =
          • to send to remaining red guards to where less disruption could be caused
          • to minimise unemployment levels in the cities
          • to increase control over the red guards
        • outcomes =
          • young people questioned mao's ideas and authority
          • the peasants showed some resistance to the scheme because it put more pressure on their food supply
  • To preserve Chinese communism by purging remains of capitalist and tradition
    • The goal
      • The cultural revolution = 1966-1976
        • Mao's position
          • he resigned as president in 1959
          • he remained chairman for the CCP
        • Reasons for =
          • mao's position was weak - he wanted to defeat opponents and regain his political supermacy
          • mao hated the the development of the CCP - chinese culture had to change
          • education needed to be more revolutionary and less academic
        • The red guards =
          • mao told young students of china to form themselves into the 'red guards'
          • there was a small group that embraced the cult of mao and the revolution
          • they were formed to struggle against teachers - but soon took on a larger role
          • they were supported by the PLA
          • they were violent and brutal - attacked and killed teachers
        • Impacts =
          • factories were re-organised to give power to the workers - all wages were eqal
          • technicians were dismissed and production fell - transport ground to a halt
          • education was hugely disrupted - students had to learn from factory workers and peasants by work experience
          • some schools were shut for 2 years
          • markets and resurants closed in villages
          • peasants land was taken away from them again
          • opponents for killed or sent into exile
        • Moderates (took over CCP from Mao)  = Deng, Liu and Zhou
        • Radicals (in charge of cultural revolution) = Mao, Lin Biao and Jiang Qing
        • Cult of mao = his supporters
        • 'Up to the mountains and down to the villages' =
          • a campaign that encouraged young people to move to the country to learn the lifestyle of the peasants
          • followed the purge of the red guards in '68
          • why =
            • to send to remaining red guards to where less disruption could be caused
            • to minimise unemployment levels in the cities
            • to increase control over the red guards
          • outcomes =
            • young people questioned mao's ideas and authority
            • the peasants showed some resistance to the scheme because it put more pressure on their food supply

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