Question

What was Mao Zedong's intent with the Cultural Revolution?(1 point)
Responses

to purge the nation of peasants
to purge the nation of peasants

to eradicate intellectuals, bureaucrats, and Western influences
to eradicate intellectuals, bureaucrats, and Western influences

to jump-start a rebirth of the arts and humanities
to jump-start a rebirth of the arts and humanities

to spread Communism doctrine to other countries
to spread Communism doctrine to other countries

Answer 1

to eradicate intellectuals, bureaucrats, and Western influences

Mao launched the Cultural Revolution to reassert his control, remove "bourgeois" and "capitalist-road" elements (intellectuals, bureaucrats, and Western influences), and enforce a radical Maoist ideology.