Assignment 52 The Great Leap Forward

Which is Chang and Halliday's explanation for the launching of the Hundred Flowers Campaign?

• He was unable to get his way in debates within the party over the results of the Five- Year Plan and the future pace of economic change. He called on intellectuals outside the party to criticize the party to put pressure on officials who were in his way.

• He was afraid the party was becoming bureaucratized and alienated from the masses. He was the campaign as a rectification movement.

• He was setting a trap to smoke out opponents of the party.

What percentage of Chinese primary-school aged children were in school by 1976

• 20%

• 30%

• 48%

• 96%

• 97%

What percentage of Chinese peasants had been collectivised by the end of 1956?

• 20%

• 30%

• 48%

• 96%

• 97%

By how much did agricultural productivity rise between 1953-57?

• 1.3%

• 3.4%

• 3.8%

• 6.4%

• 12.9%

How many million tons of steel were produced in 1957?

• 4.8

• 5.4

• 6.2

• 9.7

• None of the above.

What targets for steel production was Mao promoting by the autumn of 1958?

• 8 million tonnes by 1962 and 20 million tonnes by the 1970s.

• 15 million tonnes by 1962 and 40 million tonnes by the 1970s.

• 20 million tonnes by 1962 and 100 million tonnes by the 1970s.

• 100 million tonnes by 1962 and 700 million tonnes by the 1970s.

• None of the above.

How much steel was actually produced in 1960 (the most productive year of the Great Leap Forward)?

• 7 million tons

• 9 million tons

• 11 million tons

• 13 million tons

• 15 million tons

How much grain had China produced in 1957?

• 195 million tons

• 200 million tons

• 205 million tons

• 210 million tons

• None of the above.

How much grain did the government claim had been produced in 1958?

• 325 million tons

• 350 million tons

• 375 million tons

• 400 million tons

• None of the above.

How much grain did China actually produce in 1958?

• 250 million tons

• 275 million tons

• 300 million tons

• 325 million tons

• None of the above.