The author of any textbook will say that there have been three major industrial revolutions. The first industrial revolution was steam industrial revolution, the second one based on coil and the production or major machines with the third happening recently where automated robots have starting to take over different jobs.
During the Cultural Revolution, Mao closed down all schools and appealed to the youth to help spread his communist ideas. There were confrontations between Mao’s Red Guards and local police, thus threatening another civil war. The Red Guards started oppressing the intellectuals, who were believed to hold anti-communist views. After Mao, Deng Xiaoping came to power and started focusing on agriculture. He put an end to farmer co-ops. Farmers began cultivating land privately, and agricultural profits increased. Job opportunities increased and people started migrating from rural areas to cities. Deng appealed to the youth to go abroad for higher education. He encouraged foreign countries to do business in China. As a result, China’s economy started growing rapidly.
D. Demonstrations supporting freedom
The Tiananmen Square was a protest in support of political and economic reform.
The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolized the end of communism in Europe and unification.
Nelson Mandela sought out to end apartheid in South Africa.
Until his last minute, Martí dedicated his life to achieve full independence for Cuba. His uncompromising belief in democracy and freedom for his fatherland is what characterized his political ideology.
