History GCSE
Social upheaval
What Social upheaval means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Social upheaval
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Officials were dragged into 'struggle sessions' where they were publicly humiliated, beaten and often killed, while rival factions engaged in armed battles.
Topics that use Social upheaval
- Option 32: Key topic 3: The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966–76 - 2 The Red Guards and the Red Terror (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
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- Cult of personality
- Cultural destruction
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- Little Red Book
- Mass rallies
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