What I Learned About The Cultural Revolution...

• The start of the Cultural Revolution brought a lot of Red Guards to Beijing, and they destroyed ancient buildings, artifacts, antiques, books, and paintings.
• Intelligence was viewed by the communist party as "counter revolutionary."
• It ended the educational system.
• The Gang of Four were primarily blamed for the Cultural Revolution.
• Mao Zedong was a communist leader behind the Cultural Revolution.
• Dental care, reading, and disobedience are examples of things that were considered counter revolutionary.
• Mao Zedong died of Lou Gehrig's Disease in the U.S.