The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Purpose of May 7th Cadre Schools
Purpose of May 7th Cadre Schools
Intensive re-education with works of Mao and Marx
CCP officials arrested (linked to Liu & Deng)
CCP officials arrested (linked to Liu & Deng)
28,000
% of arrested CCP officials sent to labour camps
% of arrested CCP officials sent to labour camps
70%
Year Red Guards took over major cities
Year Red Guards took over major cities
1967
Official death toll of Cultural Revolution
Official death toll of Cultural Revolution
36,000 people
Cultural Revolution memorial death toll
Cultural Revolution memorial death toll
5 to 10 million
Year universities shut down
Year universities shut down
1966
Duration all schools/universities closed
Duration all schools/universities closed
Two years
Year Down to the Countryside Movement started
Year Down to the Countryside Movement started
1968
Zhishi qingnian definition
Zhishi qingnian definition
Educated youths
Little Red Book publication dates
Little Red Book publication dates
1964 to about 1976
Primary schools increase in countryside by 1976
Primary schools increase in countryside by 1976
15-fold
Youth literacy rate by 1981
Youth literacy rate by 1981
91%
Cultural Revolution industrial production decline
Cultural Revolution industrial production decline
14%