Sexual Revolution of the 1960s
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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 (correct)
  • To create a cultural revolution
  • To implement a socialist economy
  • To spread communism globally
  • What was the outcome of the second 'Five Year Plan', known as The Great Leap Forward?

  • A cultural revolution
  • A successful industrialization of cities
  • A significant increase in food production
  • A famine that claimed the lives of 30 million people (correct)
  • Why did Mao's government encourage farmers to dig large holes in the ground and dump their entire seed into them?

  • To implement a new agricultural technique
  • To create communal farms
  • To reduce the number of seeds used
  • To increase crop yields (correct)
  • What is the term used to describe the suppression of truth-tellers in a society?

    <p>Suppressing the truth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the type of totalitarianism present in modern Western societies?

    <p>Soft totalitarianism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the 'struggle sessions' during Mao's Cultural Revolution?

    <p>To publicly denounce and humiliate those deemed insufficiently zealous for the Communist cause</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main topic of discussion on Monday?

    <p>The sexual revolution and the birth control pill</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wrote about the right to 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' in 1776?

    <p>Thomas Jefferson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main idea behind the sexual revolution according to the text?

    <p>The culmination of ideas that had been growing for some time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the class turn their attention to East Asia on Wednesday?

    <p>Because China was becoming a major player in global politics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main idea behind the senior thesis about abortion discussed last Thursday?

    <p>The specifics of the thesis were not discussed in the text</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the author's perspective on the current state of the sexual revolution's ideas?

    <p>They are rotting and falling to the ground</p> Signup and view all the answers

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