hundred flowers campaign 1956 Flashcards
mao surprised everyone with the 100 hundred campaign?
yes
what was the 100 flowers campaign slogan?
‘let a hundred flowers blossom, let a hundred schools of thought contend’
what did mao demand the intellectuals to do with criticism?
feel freely to open voice criticisms
what was the 100 flowers campaign in history of maos leadership?
critical turning point
khrushchev was a what?
soviet leader who succeed stalin in 1953
when did khrushchev make a dramatic speech?
february 1956
what was khrushchev speech about?
denouncing stalin for his personality
what else was included in khrushchev speech?
implications for maos style of leadership
during what, was maos party constitution amended to remove mao zedong thought?
CCP congress september 1956
mao did what after his thought was removed?
withdrew from public life for 3 months
what growing resistance did mao have?
from students, workers and peasants
what was the party said too?
‘party had become divorced from the people’