The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution primarily targeted
A) the working poor.
B) student revolutionaries.
C) disloyal Communist Party leaders.
D) those with the most economic and professional expertise.

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution primarily targeted those with the most economic and professional expertise, including intellectuals, educators, and party officials accused of being bourgeois or counter-revolutionary. Mao Zedong sought to purge the Party of those who he deemed not revolutionary enough and create a more egalitarian society by empowering the masses. The campaign resulted in widespread violence, social chaos, and economic disruption.

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Primarily Targeted