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Why Did Mao Launch the Cultural Revolution? – A-Level History Resource (CCP Internal Politics and Ideological Conflict Summary)

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Cornell Method notes explaining why Mao launched the cultural revolution. This document provides a comprehensive A-level history summary explaining the causes behind Mao Zedong’s decision to launch the Cultural Revolution in China. It covers ideological divisions within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Mao’s quest for permanent revolution, the failure of the Socialist Education Movement, and his strategy to purge party bureaucrats. Key individuals like Lin Biao, Jiang Qing, Liu Shaoqi, and Deng Xiaoping are profiled with notes on their roles and opposing stances. The material includes definitions, recall prompts, and thematic breakdowns ideal for revision. Each section has a summary space provided.

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Why did Mao Launch the
cultural revolution?
Topic: Definitions

Recall Notes
Ideologue Gives high priority to theoretical ideas

Emphasise the means
Pragmatist Give higher value on taking whatever course of action
is necessary to produce a required result

Emphasise the ends

Capitalist Roaders Derogatory term for those implementing capitalist
policies

Socialist
Education Supposed to cleanse china of reactionary elements
Movement:
Failure = lead to the campaign against the ‘four
olds’ (1966)
Mandarins:

Exclusive elite of high-ranking , privileged civil servants
Central Cultural who had run China before the revolution of 1911
Revolution Group
(CCRG):
Directed the Cultural Revolution from inside the
Politburo




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