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T or F 1. Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communists in China’s civil war, was victorious in the civil war.

• TRUE

• FALSE

T or F 2. The huge communes in China were a great success because they produced record amounts of food.

• TRUE

• FALSE

T or F 3. Permanent revolution was Mao’s belief that an atmosphere of constant revolutionary fervor

would destroy his idea of Chinese communism.

• TRUE

• FALSE

T or F ________ 4. The Red Guards’ purpose was to force the Chinese people to obey the new ideas and

eliminate the old ones.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• both

T or F ________ 5. Americans feared the spread of communism to China because the United States worried that the Communists wanted to dominate the world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

________ 6. After Mao’s forces claimed victory in the civil war,

• Mao gave up the presidency and invited the south to join his forces.

• Chiang Kai-shek and 2 million followers fled to Taiwan.

• the Communists overturned Mao and took away his leadership.

• the Chinese people voted overwhelmingly to follow Chiang Kai-shek.

The purpose of Mao’s Great Leap Forward program was to

• force more people to farm private plots of land.

• increase the government’s aid to individuals.

• encourage workers to start new businesses.

• allow more people to work in industry.

The Red Guards consisted of people who were

• unhappy and discontented.

• eager to help others.

• traditional

• future capitalists

Why did the people of China ultimately reject the Cultural Revolution?

• Its ideas were rooted in old culture.

• Mao did not believe in it.

• The Red Guards’ actions horrified them.

• It stood for change.

Mao Zedong's one-day experiment with freedom of speech & expression was called

• Great Leap Forward

• Cultural Revolution

• 100 Flowers

• Long March