Studied by 1 person2 examples of the early purges
The suppression of counter-revolutionaries campaign was set up - many executions
Chinese people were required to participate in organisations set up by the party e.g. ‘All-China federation of women’
2 causes of the Hundred flowers campaign
Mao wanted to encourage people to talk about their opinions on Mao’s ideology
Mao thought that the idea of open debate would mean intellectalsa greed with him and helped spread communism
When was the Hundred flowers campaign?
1956-7
2 events of the Hundred flowers campagin
intellectuals spoke out about their opinions on communisum which were negative
Between 300,000-750,000 people were sent to labour camps for re-education
2 impacts of the Hundred flowers campaign
Mao banned any openly anti-Maoist ideologies
People felt forced to withdraw their views - making Mao even stronger
1 cause as to why Mao introduced social changes toward young people and education
Mao wanted economic development and political indoctrination
2 examples of social changes for education and young people
CCP launched a massive literacy campaign aiming to educate peasants
Mao expanded universities
1 impact of Mao’s education changes
By the 1960s, 90% of the population had basic literacy skills
2 examples of Mao’s social policies towards women
1950 Marriage reform law, women could now divorce men
Foot-binding was banned
2 examples of Mao’s other social changes (religion and hygiene)
All places of worship destroyed as Mao declared religion poisonous
Cities were cleaned up - campaign against rats
When was the five year plan?
1953-7
2 causes of the five year plan
Mao had ambitions to build more industry and factories
Mao wanted a focus on heavy industry e.g. coal, steel
3 events of the five year plan
New factories in small towns were built that peasants could work in
Thousands of chinee students were sent for training in USSR
Built transport infrastructure
3 positive impacts of the 5 year plan
They could move vital goods around - economy improved
Peasants moved to the jobs created in new industries
Living standards in cities improved
2 negative impacts of the five year plan
Countryside living standards remained poor
New workforce couldn’t read or write - machinery broken
When was the great leap forward?
1958-63
2 causes of the great leap forward
The 5 year plan was successful and Mao wanted to replicate that
Mao wanted to shift his focus onto ordinary people collaborating in small-scale industry
2 events of the great leap forward
Introduced communes to China, all cooperatives joined together
Mao put furnaces in communes to get steel production higher but most of it was unusable and brittle
2 impacts of the Great leap forward
The four noes policy had a worser impact on crops
Everyone was paid equal on communes therefore they didn’t work hard as extra time working wouldn’t mean more money
What was the four noes policy?
eradicating mosquitoes, flies, rats and sparrows
From ___ onwards Dazhai’s methods became a model for the whole of China
1964
Why were Dazhai a great example? (2 reasons)
They suffered floods but recovered as the founder set up a 10 year reclamation plan
They had such high crop yields that nation wide famines didn’t affect them
When was the Agrarian reform law?
1950
Two elements of the Agrarian reform law
The people had to share out village land between the peasants
Landlords were put on trial in courts set up by CCP but ran by peasants
By _____ the land reform was complete - over __% of the population benefitted
1952, 60
Total number of Landlord deaths
750,000-1m
Land reforms won the support of the _______ for the communists
peasants
_____ onwards Mao encourage peasants to form _________
1953, cooperatives
By ____ over ___"% of China’s peasants belonged to a cooperative (NOT COMMUNE YET)
1957, 90
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