Hundred Flowers: reasons (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Hundred Flowers campaign
Hundred Flowers campaign
1956 movement where Mao encouraged criticism of CCP
Year Hundred Flowers campaign launched
Year Hundred Flowers campaign launched
1956
Who launched Hundred Flowers campaign
Who launched Hundred Flowers campaign
Mao Zedong
Who was encouraged to criticize during Hundred Flowers
Who was encouraged to criticize during Hundred Flowers
Intellectuals, scientists, artists, writers
When Hundred Flowers campaign ended
When Hundred Flowers campaign ended
Mid-1957
Year of Stalin's death
Year of Stalin's death
1953
What year was Khrushchev's secret speech
What year was Khrushchev's secret speech
1956
What Khrushchev criticized in secret speech
What Khrushchev criticized in secret speech
Stalin's use of terror & repression against party members
Which countries had Communist unrest in 1956
Which countries had Communist unrest in 1956
Hungary and Poland
Mao's concerns about Communist Party
Mao's concerns about Communist Party
Too bureaucratic, inefficient, and corrupt
Why Mao needed intellectuals' support
Why Mao needed intellectuals' support
Industrialization required skilled professionals
Worker unrest in China 1956
Worker unrest in China 1956
Strikes & protests demanding better pay & conditions
Hundred Flowers campaign slogan
Hundred Flowers campaign slogan
Let 100 flowers blossom, let 100 schools of thought contend
Trap theory of Hundred Flowers campaign
Trap theory of Hundred Flowers campaign
May have been designed to identify regime opponents
Mao's confidence by 1956
Mao's confidence by 1956
Believed Communist system achievements would be praised