Homework 8; term 3

Please explain two causes, two practices and two effects of the Cultural Revolution

The conditions for the "Cultural Revolution" were set when Mao let Liu and Deng help to try and stop the famine. He started to let private farmers to work again, and he finally admitted that the commune system was a failure. So, this can kind of be seen as a cause of the Cultural Revolution, because Mao was finally able to admit the failures from his idea for a "Great Leap Foward."

Another condition for the Cultural Revolution was from 1962 to 1966, the Communist leaders were arguing about which "road" to take for China to go down... basically how their future should be. This kind of goes with the above cause, but I can't really find any other causes besides the failures of the Great Leap Foward.

One practice of the Cultural Revloution was that schools were closed for six months so that the curiculum could be rewritten for school children. The purpose of doing this was to focus the curriculum more on the ideas of communism, so that the young people would be aware of this, and that communism wouldn't die out.

Another practice of the Cultural Revolution is with the Red Guards, who used violence in acheiving their aims. They shaved off the hair of women who had "Western-style" haircuts, and they ripped off their "Western-style" clothes. They also smashed the windows of anything that sold "borgeuois products," such as fur coats, records, cosmetics, etc.

An effect of the cultural revolution is that Liu and Deng were hated by everyone. They were expelled from the government, and Liu was held in prison, where he died in captivity. However, everyone loved Mao.

Another effect of the cultural revolution was that order was finally restored in China. Schools and colleges were reopened, and people were allowed to return to their studies. In the places where the Red Guards were using violence, the PLA got involved and diarmed them. The PLA set up Revolutionary commitees of peasants, Red Guards, and soldiers.