Winding down (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Years of Cultural Revolution winding down
Years of Cultural Revolution winding down
1968-1976
Mao's method to dismantle Red Guards
Mao's method to dismantle Red Guards
Three stages: voluntary, PLA force, rural re-education
Stage 1 of ending Red Guards (Spring 1968)
Stage 1 of ending Red Guards (Spring 1968)
Ordered voluntary demobilisation (failed)
Stage 2 of ending Red Guards (August 1968)
Stage 2 of ending Red Guards (August 1968)
Used PLA to forcibly break up groups
Campaign that sent youth to countryside (Stage 3)
Campaign that sent youth to countryside (Stage 3)
Up to the mountains and down to the villages
Young people relocated in rural campaign (1968-76)
Young people relocated in rural campaign (1968-76)
17 million
How Zhou Enlai survived Cultural Revolution
How Zhou Enlai survived Cultural Revolution
Carefully avoided direct criticism of Mao
Senior CCP officials Zhou rehabilitated (1972-73)
Senior CCP officials Zhou rehabilitated (1972-73)
About 700
Year Lin Biao died
Year Lin Biao died
1971
When Deng Xiaoping rejoined CCP
When Deng Xiaoping rejoined CCP
March 1973
Deng's position in August 1973
Deng's position in August 1973
Member of the Politburo
Month and year Mao Zedong died
Month and year Mao Zedong died
September 1976