Author Question: The Gang of Four refers to a. a group of radicals who sought to succeed Mao but ultimately lost ... (Read 14 times)

savannahhooper · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The Gang of Four refers to

a. a group of radicals who sought to succeed Mao but ultimately lost to the moderates led by Deng Xiaoping.
b. the top positions in the Chinese Communist Party.
c. the advisors to Deng Xiaoping who advocated the use of force against demonstrators in Tiananmen Square.
d. Mao's term for the four great enemies of ChinaTaiwan, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Great Britain.
e. the top positions in the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government.

Question 2

The difference between the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution was that the

a. former was aimed at the agricultural sector, whereas the latter was aimed at the industrial sector.
b. former came about because Mao was unhappy with the country's progress, whereas the latter came about because party officials close to Mao convinced him to pursue a purification program.
c. former was aimed at economic development, whereas the latter was aimed at opening up the Chinese culture to foreign influences.
d. goal of the former was to quickly develop China economically, whereas the goal of the latter was to purify the party of class enemies.
e. former did not involve political suppression, whereas the latter did.