Propaganda
The Cultural Revolution
Various Facts and Tidbits
More Cultural Rev
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What is the purpose of propaganda?
To convince people to believe an idea, to take action, to use a product.
Also, to convince people NOT to do something, believe something, or use something.
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What were Tatzepao and how were they used during the Cultural Revolution?
Propaganda posters. They were used to protest, convince, and shame people.
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What was the purpose of Mao's Little Red Book?
It was a propaganda tool. It was meant to teach Chinese citizens the ideas and goals of post revolutionary China.
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How successful was the Rustication of Urban Youth in the case of Jung Chang?
She started out supporting the cultural revolution. By the end of her rural experience, she lost faith.
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What type of propaganda is this?
Bandwagon
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Which group in the Chinese population got most involved in the Cultural Revolution?
Young people. The youth.
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Before the Chinese Revolution, how did most people make a living?
Farming. Most of the population were peasants.
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Why did Mao's government send urban people to rural areas to live?
He wanted to re-educate them. He believed educated people were "dirtier" than uneducated ones.
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What is the purpose of Name Calling propaganda?
To improve or destroy someone's reputation.
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What happened during the Great Leap Forward?
Mao tried to create communal farms. There was a famine and many people died.
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What kind of government did China have before the revolution?
Monarchy/Emperor (which is like a king)
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What is another word (used during the French and Chinese Revolutions) for wealthy or rich people?
bourgeois
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Which type of propaganda do you see here?
Testimonial.
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What was a commune or a communal farm?
A farm where many families lived and worked. The farms were government owned.
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Who or what are the Bourgeois?
Upper middle class and wealthy people.
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Why did Mao and his government ban music from Europe and the Americas?
It was from bourgeois capitalist countries
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Can you name what type propaganda this is? Explain why.
To scare people into or out of action!
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Why did Mao start the Cultural Revolution in China?
To have a win for the revolutionary government after the failure of the Great Leap Forward.
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Who or what are the Proletariat?
The workers. Working class people who were not wealthy.
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Which type of propaganda was used to attack "enemies of the revolution?" Do you have an example to share?
Name calling. Ma Sitson examples...