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“How did the experience of the young people in the countryside affect their attitude towards Mao and the Cultural Revolution?”
1. Their experience in poor living conditions made them begin to question the wisdom of Mao. They saw the connection between language and reality, and saw that Mao was using them through propaganda.
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“How much blame attaches to Mao for the horrors of the Cultural Revolution?”
3. The blame for the horrors is completely attached to Mao. Although he did not command the atrocities, he allowed them to continue. Furthermore, he started the Cultural Revolution in the first place.
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“In what sense was the Lin Bao affair a turning point in the Cultural Revolution?”
4. It was a turning point in the sense that after the affair, people lost faith in the governmental system. If a man was a leader and a hero one day and a traitor the next, who could they trust?
“What form did the plot take?”
5. When Lin realized he was going to be removed, he reluctantly agreed to join an assassination attempt lead by his brother. However, his sister let the news slip and Mao was rushed away. Desperate, Lin attempted to fly away to the USSR. The plane crashed on the way. After this event, Mao seemed disheartened because he realized he needed people for protection.
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“What consequences followed from Lin Bao's disgrace?”
6. People realized that the government couldn't always be right if things like this happened. Everything they knew seemed to come crashing down when an important figure such as this one was discredited.
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“Why did the intensity of the Cultural Revolution lessen after 1972?”
7. First of all, the party was unsure of Mao's intentions. The Lin Bao affair also affect the party members' thinking. They recognized the points of critics about the horrors of the Cultural Revolution, and wished to impress the president of the US, Richard Nixon, during his visit.
“How did Lin Bao's fall benefit Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping??”
8. Lin's fall opened up higher positions for Zhou. Deng had earlier been dismissed for being a “capitalist roader,” but because of Lin's fall this worked to his advantage.
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