12 Questions
What was the primary goal of Mao Tse-Tung's 'Five Year Plans' in the 1950s?
To modernize the Chinese economy through collectivization and industrialization
What was the outcome of the second 'Five Year Plan', known as The Great Leap Forward?
A famine that claimed the lives of 30 million people
Why did Mao's government encourage farmers to dig large holes in the ground and dump their entire seed into them?
To increase crop yields
What is the term used to describe the suppression of truth-tellers in a society?
Suppressing the truth
What is the term used to describe the type of totalitarianism present in modern Western societies?
Soft totalitarianism
What was the purpose of the 'struggle sessions' during Mao's Cultural Revolution?
To publicly denounce and humiliate those deemed insufficiently zealous for the Communist cause
What was the main topic of discussion on Monday?
The sexual revolution and the birth control pill
Who wrote about the right to 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' in 1776?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the main idea behind the sexual revolution according to the text?
The culmination of ideas that had been growing for some time
Why did the class turn their attention to East Asia on Wednesday?
Because China was becoming a major player in global politics
What was the main idea behind the senior thesis about abortion discussed last Thursday?
The specifics of the thesis were not discussed in the text
What is the author's perspective on the current state of the sexual revolution's ideas?
They are rotting and falling to the ground
Explore the significant shift in public opinion on human sexuality and morals during the 1960s. Learn how the sexual revolution was influenced by liberalism and the Enlightenment. Discover how this decade marked a radical change in social freedom and human rights.
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