Genocide Project by Alannah Owens https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3 en-us 2019-01-17 14:53:11 UTC 2019-01-25 14:59:08 UTC hello@padlet.com What was the importance of the Red Guards? alannah_owens https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321719454 The red guards were important to the Mao Zedong's "Cultural Revolution," as they spread chaos and negatively affected China's economy. ]]> 2019-01-17 15:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321719454 The creator of the "Cultural Revolution" article on Britannica states, "...he (Mao Zedong) encouraged the Red Guards to attack all traditional values and “bourgeois” things and to put CCP officials to the test by publicly criticizing them." alannah_owens https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321720356 Mao Zedong caused chaos and confusion by instructing his Red Guards to criticize and "test" officials. This shows that the Red Guards were an important part of Zedong's cultural revolution, because they helped him de-throne officials who didn't agree with him.    ]]> 2019-01-17 15:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321720356 The creator of the "Cultural Revolution" article on Britannica says, "Millions of students stormed through cities and towns, harassing and often physically attacking officials, intellectuals, teachers, and others thought to be not fully committed to revolutionary values. Large numbers of these people died." alannah_owens https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321721336 Mao Zedong manipulated students and rallying them against people they disliked, causing more chaos. The students involved are responsible for not only the deaths of many officals and intellectuals, but also massive amounts of destruction. ]]> 2019-01-17 15:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321721336 The creator of the "Cultural Revolution" article on Britannica claims "...terror and chaos completely disrupted city life as well as urban industries, and China’s economy suffered greatly." alannah_owens https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321722187 The Red Guards were responsible for lots of property damage, which dealt a large blow to China's economy. ]]> 2019-01-17 15:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321722187 The Mao Zedong Genocide alannah_owens https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321726101 2019-01-17 15:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321726101 What tactics did Mao use during the genocide? alannah_owens https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321728507 Mao Zedong got rid of anyone who apposed him using strategy's such as starvation, torture, and inhumane living conditions. During 1958 - 1962 he killed roughly 45 million people.]]> 2019-01-17 15:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321728507 The creator of the "Cultural Revolution" article on Britannica claims, "The victims, from throughout the party hierarchy, suffered more than mere political disgrace. All were publicly humiliated and detained for varying periods, sometimes under very harsh conditions; many were beaten and tortured, and not a few were killed or driven to suicide." alannah_owens https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321729532 People who opposed Mao Zedong were publicly shamed, probably to make their ideas seem less believable. Once the person was no longer taken seriously, the were punished further and tortured or killed. ]]> 2019-01-17 15:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321729532 alannah_owens https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321732499 A propaganda poster from the Mao Zedong genocide, portraying him and other communists/dictators as  great leaders.]]> 2019-01-17 15:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/321732499 In the book "The Most Evil Dictators In History" Shelley Klein states, "Families were forced into joining "producer co-ops" where everything, tools, animals, labor, etc had to be pooled and shared. Worse than this, there then came a period when Mao attempted to control not just the actions of people, but also their minds." alannah_owens https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/323022899 People lost the ability to own things, which is one of our basic rights. By taking away this right, Mao Zedong controlled citizens lives.]]> 2019-01-22 15:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/alannah_owens/x8com75bbmm3/wish/323022899