Question

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How did Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution affect China?

A. Chinese society became more stratified, with some citizens experiencing prosperity and others poverty.
B. It opened China to cultural diffusion through exchange of goods and information with the West.
C. It ensured that Mao's philosophies would be upheld by the leaders that would replace him.
D. Many aspects of Chinese culture were destroyed, including traditional religion, clothing, and art.

Answer 1

D. Many Aspects of Chinese culture were destroyed, including traditional religion, clothing, and art. -APEX.

Answer 2

D. Many aspects of Chinese culture were destroyed, including traditional religion, clothing, and art.

Mao Zedong began the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (its official name) in 1966.  A big part of the program was the closing of China's schools, because Mao saw the majority of educators as bourgeois types who were failing to support the communist revolution.  The Cultural Revolution was an insistence on loyalty to communist party ideology.  

The Red Guard was formed, which was made up of high school and college students (no longer attending school, since schools were shut down).  These radicalized students became militants for Mao over against those whom he considered not revolutionary enough.  The Red Guard destroyed historical artifacts and writings of the of China's former culture.  They also attacked persons who were seen to be resisting Chariman Mao's permanent revolution.