The group that became a symbol of cultural upheaval during the Cultural Revolution in China was known as what?

The group that became a symbol of cultural upheaval during the Cultural Revolution in China was known as what?

• A. The White Lotus Society
• B. The Black Panthers
• C. The Red Guards
• D. The Young Pioneers

Answer: (C)

During China's Cultural Revolution, mass student groups became the face of rapid social upheaval, with a new generation rallying to push through radical change. The Red Guards formed in 1966 under Mao Zedong’s encouragement to attack old ideas, culture, customs, and habits, and to purge elements seen as anti-revolutionary. They led campaigns, denounced officials and intellectuals, and sought to reshape society through intense, often chaotic, youth activism, symbolizing the era’s upheaval. The other groups don’t fit this role: the White Lotus Society was a medieval resistance group, the Black Panthers were a 1960s American civil rights movement, and the Young Pioneers are a Chinese youth organization, not a symbol of Cultural Revolution upheaval.

During China's Cultural Revolution, mass student groups became the face of rapid social upheaval, with a new generation rallying to push through radical change. The Red Guards formed in 1966 under Mao Zedong’s encouragement to attack old ideas, culture, customs, and habits, and to purge elements seen as anti-revolutionary. They led campaigns, denounced officials and intellectuals, and sought to reshape society through intense, often chaotic, youth activism, symbolizing the era’s upheaval.

The other groups don’t fit this role: the White Lotus Society was a medieval resistance group, the Black Panthers were a 1960s American civil rights movement, and the Young Pioneers are a Chinese youth organization, not a symbol of Cultural Revolution upheaval.