Theme 3 - The Cultural Revolution and its Aftermath 1966-76

Who were three pragmatists?

Liu Shaoqi

Deng Xiaoping

Zhou Enlai

Who were three ideologues?

Mao Zedong

Jiang Qing

Lin Biao

What did Mao say young people should experience?

Revolutionary violence

When was the 'Socialist Education Campaign'?

1962

When did Mao draft the 'Early Ten Points'?

February 1963

When did Deng Xiaoping revise Mao's points into the 'Later Ten Points'?

Autumn 1963

What were the economy, organisation, politics and ideology?

'Four Clean-Ups'

What were Wang Hongwen, Jiang Qing, Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao a part of?

Gang of Four

When was the Cultural Revolution Group established?

March 1966

How many members were in the Politburo sub-committee (CRG)?

17

Who wrote 'Hai Rui Dismissed from Office'?

Wu Han

Who were the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Beijing?

Peng Zhen and Wu Han

From when were children of 'Black Elements' allowed to become Red Guards?

Autumn 1966

When did Mao tell young people to 'dare to rebel against authority'?

May 1965

When were there 8 mass rallies in Beijing?

August - November 1966

Who was allowed to place a red armband on Mao after organising a struggle session resulting in the death of their vice-principal?

Song Binbin

When was the 'Four Olds' campaign launched?

August 1966

What was the road the British embassy was on renamed?

'Anti-Imperialism Street'

What were leaders of the Party who 'flowed against the tide of revolutionary upheaval' a part of in 1967?

February Adverse Current

When were Revolutionary Committees established?

September 1967

How many took part in the January Storm 1967?

100,000 radical Red Guards

20,000 Scarlet Guards

When did rebels in Beijing seize the Foreign Ministry for 2 weeks?

August 1967

How many protesting Red Guards did the PLA kill in Wuhan in the summer of 1967?

1,000

By the end of the CR what proportion of Chinese libraries were closed?

1/3

How many books were lost in cultural destruction?

7 million

Where did 200 students/teachers destroy a Temple of Confucius?

Shandong

How many paintings, books and graves were defaced/destroyed at the Temple of Confucius?

900 paintings

2,700 books

2,000 graves

What era was a 200-year-old archway which was destroyed from?

Qing-era

When did Liu Shaoqi die?

12 November 1968

When was Wang Guangmei (Liu's wife) humiliated in front of 300,000 Red Guards?

April 1967

Where was Deng Xiaoping exiled to (1st time)?

Tractor factory in Jiangxi

When was Lin Biao confirmed as Mao's successor?

Ninth Party Congress April 1969

What position did Lin Biao attempt to reinstate?

Head of State

Where did Lin Biao's plane crash as he and his son tried to flee to the USSR?

Mongolia

How many of the provincial revolutionary committees were headed by PLA officials?

21 of 29

How many Party Cadres were executed in Yunnan?

14,000

What percentage of regional party cadres were purged?

70 - 80%

How many Politburo members survived the purge?

9 of 23

What proportion of the Central Committee was deposed?

2/3

What were the camps with harsh labour and indoctrination?

May Seventh Cadre Schools

When did Peng Deuhai die?

1974

How many bureaucrats and cadres were exiled?

3 million

How many were killed in the purge of the bureaucracy?

1/2 million

How many hours were Soviet staff trapped in a car when trying to get tickets to leave China?

16

How long was French trade counsellor forced to stand outside in the freezing cold during a struggle session?

7 hours

When was American Communist Sidney Rittenberg in 're-education'?

1968-77

How many died in Yunnan if 'enforced suicide'?

7,000

When did Mao order the PLA to systematically crush the Red Guards?

1968

How many people were arrested for being 'spies', 'black elements' or 'counter-revolutionaries'?

2 million

In Jilin province how many cadres died and how many were permanently injured?

2,100 died

3,400 permanently injured

How many Red Guards were sent 'up to the mountains, down to the villages'?

18 million

What were the young people of the Red Guard generation called?

'lost generation'

When was Deng Xiaoping appointed PLA Chief of Staff and seat in Politburo Standing Committee?

1975

What were agriculture, industry, defence and science/technology?

Four Modernisations

What campaign launched by Jiang Qing failed?

'Criticise Lin Biao, criticise Confucius'

When did Zhou Enlai die?

8 January 1976

What was the event called when the government sent trucks to try and stop people honouring Zhou Enlai's tomb sweeping?

Tiananmen Square Incident

When did Hua Guofeng have the Gang of Four arrested?

6 October 1976

How many years did Yao Wenyuan serve?

20

What sentence did Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao and Jiang Qing receive?

Life imprisonment

When did Jiang Qing hang herself?

1991

What did Deng Xiaoping become after Mao’s death?

China's Paramount Leader

Where was Deng Xiaoping sent (2nd time)?

Pig farm

Who became China's leader after Mao's death?

Hua Guofeng

How many people died in a July 1976 earthquake?

1/4 of million

When did Mao die?

9 September 1976

What did Hua call his policy of total loyalty to Mao's ideas?

'two whatevers'