Among the greatest failures of the process of collectivization in China was
a. trying to convert desert and undesireable land into arable plots.
b. reinforcing the traditional family unit as a newly-conceived economic unit instead.
c. the starvation of up to 35 million people.
d. brutal suppression of the private market as sabotage of the revolution.
e. the ability to transition to a free market economy.
c
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Historians now believe that the Qing Dynasty declined due to
a. discreet Japanese economic pressure. b. intense pressure from Western powers. c. internal changes such as population growth, corruption, and unrest. d. exposure to foreign diseases. e. its inability to deal with economic turmoil.
When British Lt. Col. James Paterson was sent to offer Washington and the "rebels" a pardon,
a) Washington refused to meet with him. b) Washington had Paterson arrested and thrown in chains. c) Paterson was disappointed by Washington's mediocre appearance. d) Paterson was impressed and awestruck by Washington's appearance. e) Washington accepted the pardon as a ruse to buy him more time to build up his army.
When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, the people of South Carolina
a. declared that they would secede if other southern states joined them. b. were upset and angry because their political power in the Union was gone. c. looked to Senator James Crittenden as the last hope for compromise. d. rejoiced because they now had a clear excuse to secede. e. demanded new constitutional amendments to guarantee slavery.