Question

What motivated the Red Guards to create chaos during the Cultural

Answer 1

Answer:

The right answer here is B. A desire to destroy anything that could threaten communism in China.

Explanation:

The Red Guards turned into one of the most effective and dealiest instruments of Chairman Mao Zedong´s manipulation during the Cultural Revolution. The real purpose of Mao was to destroy and remove from office his political opponents and critics, thus consolidating his position as Red China´s paramount leader. He used his wife Jiang Qing and other radicals to launch and promote the campaign. Its official aim was to destroy vestiges of the old, traditional, "reactionary" Chinese culture - such as Confucianism, Buddhism - and burgueois, rightist elements in the Communist Party. The Red Guards movement started in universities and schools. Mao was delighted about them and allowed their abuses. They publicly denounced, vilified, beat and humilliated hundreds of thousands of innocent people. They were a magnificent weapon of caos and destruction.

Answer 2

A desire to destroy anything that could threaten communism in  China motivated the Red Guards to create chaos during the Cultural  Revolution.

Option B.

Explanation:

Cultural Revolution in China saw participation of a number of groups while most of the groups participated for the reason that,  

• They don’t want anything to pose as a threat to the communism in China.
• They demanded a equal society and it remained the foremost goal of the Red Guards during their formation, further through their progression, also when they attacked the four olds of China.
• Red Guards worked in close with ‘Mao’, communist leader.