Hundred Flowers: features and results (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Hundred Flowers launched: year & leader
Hundred Flowers launched: year & leader
1956, Mao Zedong
Hundred Flowers campaign slogan theme
Hundred Flowers campaign slogan theme
100 flowers bloom, 100 schools contend
Mao's speech on contradictions: date
Mao's speech on contradictions: date
27 Feb 1957
What did students publish during campaign?
What did students publish during campaign?
Independent newspapers CCP couldn't control
Campaign end month/year
Campaign end month/year
June 1957
Anti-Rightist movement period
Anti-Rightist movement period
1957-1959
Number sent to prison camps
Number sent to prison camps
300,000-500,000
% top CCP officials purged
% top CCP officials purged
5-10%
Mao initially invited criticism of
Mao initially invited criticism of
Administrative issues, not core political principles
First to criticize (Dec 1956)
First to criticize (Dec 1956)
Economists & scientists
Students demanded in protests
Students demanded in protests
Free elections & political reforms
How campaign seen by many afterward
How campaign seen by many afterward
Deliberate trap to identify opposition
Zhou Enlai's action after campaign
Zhou Enlai's action after campaign
Publicly apologised for slow policy implementation
Effect on Mao's position after campaign
Effect on Mao's position after campaign
Strengthened significantly
Radical writers criticised CCP for (Jan-Feb 1957)
Radical writers criticised CCP for (Jan-Feb 1957)
Corruption & bureaucratic failures