Mao Zedong's 1958 Great Leap Forward was intended to propel China into a world industrial power and was a plan designed to
a. build an alliance with the Soviet Union.
b. isolate China from foreign influences.
c. build modern Western-style factories.
d. industrialize using small-scale industries and collectivized agriculture.
e. put a man into space.
ANSWER:
d
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