Mao - 100 Flowers

The 100 Flowers Campaign was supposed to be a... ?

• program to solicit advice on how to move stagnating economic policies forward.

• program to promote intellectuals to party office based on their analysis of existing Party officials

• program that encouraged the agricultural workers of China to grow flowers rather than rice to boost China's natural beauty

• program that encouraged China’s intellectuals to submit different ideas, opinions and suggestions – even criticism of the party and its policies.

The 100 flowers campaign was launched in... ?

• January 1954

• January 1956

• May 1956

• May 1958

The slogan that launched the 100 Flowers campaign was, “Let a hundred flowers bloom, ... ”.

• ... let a hundred party officials be re-educated”.

• ... let a hundred schools of thought contend”.

• ... let a hundred scholars be heard”.

• ... let a hundred peasants blossom”.

How was the 100 Flowers campaign initially viewed?

• As a period of liberalisation and ideological relaxation

• a period of anarchy and chaos

• a period of increased control and purges

• a period of agricultural enlightenment

What eventually happened to those who voiced criticism of the Party in the 100 Flowers Campaign?

• They were awarded annual stipends

• Nothing

• They themselves were targeted, most notably during the Anti-Rightist campaign.

• They themselves were targeted, most notably during the Anti-Leftist campaign.

How many people were identified as 'rightist' due to the 100 flowers campaign?

• Between 3,000 and 5,000 individuals.

• Between 30,000 and 55,000 individuals.

• Between 100,000 and 150,000 individuals.

• Between 300,000 and 550,000 individuals.

Most people identified as 'rightist' were...?

• teachers and bureaucrats

• intellectuals, academics, writers and artists.

• Party leaders

• agricultural peasants

Who initiated the idea of intellectual criticism before Mao promoted the idea?

• Zhou Enlai

• Deng Xiaoping

• Jiang Qing

• Li Biao

What happened to those identified by the anti-rightist campaign?

• The majority were publicly rebuked and lost food privileges’.

• The majority were publicly beaten.

• The majority were publicly executed

• The majority were publicly discredited and lost their jobs, while a smaller number were forced into labour camps for ‘re-education’.

The Korean War to Mao

• Resist America, Aid Korea

• Save Little Brother Korea

• Crush the Imperialist Americans

• The Great Leap