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

Answer 1

To eradicate intellectuals, bureaucrats, and Western influences — Mao launched the Cultural Revolution to purge "bourgeois" elements, reassert revolutionary ideology, and consolidate his control (using the Red Guards to attack the "Four Olds").