Political developments (OCR A-Level History A): Flashcards
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Year Hundred Flowers Campaign launched
Year Hundred Flowers Campaign launched
1956
Leader who promoted Hundred Flowers Campaign
Leader who promoted Hundred Flowers Campaign
Mao Tse-tung
Poem phrase inspiring campaign name
Poem phrase inspiring campaign name
'Let a hundred flowers bloom; a hundred schools contend'
Date of Mao's speech on Contradictions Among People
Date of Mao's speech on Contradictions Among People
27 February 1957
Premier who oversaw Hundred Flowers Campaign
Premier who oversaw Hundred Flowers Campaign
Zhou Enlai
What Peking Uni students created for criticism
What Peking Uni students created for criticism
'Democratic Wall'
Peak period of Hundred Flowers criticism
Peak period of Hundred Flowers criticism
1 May to 7 June 1957
Date Mao ended Hundred Flowers Campaign
Date Mao ended Hundred Flowers Campaign
8 June 1957
Mao's term for critics to be removed
Mao's term for critics to be removed
'poisonous weeds'
Start date of Anti-Rightist Movement
Start date of Anti-Rightist Movement
July 1957
People arrested in Anti-Rightist Movement
People arrested in Anti-Rightist Movement
300,000 to 500,000
Name of PRC labour camps for re-education
Name of PRC labour camps for re-education
laogai camps
Year Anti-Rightist Movement ended
Year Anti-Rightist Movement ended
1959
% of officials purged in Anti-Rightist Movement
% of officials purged in Anti-Rightist Movement
10%
Aim of Hundred Flowers Campaign
Aim of Hundred Flowers Campaign
Allow intellectuals to voice constructive criticism of govt