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The Great Leap Forward
Open text to 354
Title your paper
Put your full name and date on paper

2. Revolutionary Goals
What were the three main goals of the Communist revolution?
What were several obstacles to the achievement of these goals?

3. Reorganizing Agriculture
3. Describe land reform under the Communists 4. What did the programs of the 1950’s do? 5. What is a “collective farm”?

4. Great Leap Forward 6. What was the Great Leap Forward?
Describe the commune system, include at least five facts

5. Effects of the Great Leap Forward
Was the Great Leap Forward a success or a failure?
Why? Include three reasons.

6. The Question of Agricultural Cooperation
Read the excerpts of Mao’s speech
What can you deduce about the debate within the Communist Party on the subject of land reform?
In Mao’s opinion, what is driving the move towards cooperation?
What does Mao mean by “the socialist road”?

7. Your Take
If you lived in China during the 1950s would you support or oppose Mao’s economic reforms?
Why?