The "rural responsibility system" called for the formation of agricultural collectives that
a. were held liable to collect their respective village's tax payments.
b. leased farmland on contract to peasant families.
c. forced peasant families to pay a quota in the form of rent to a village magistrate.
d. all Chinese farmers took responsibility for at harvest time.
e. was instituted by Mao after his initial agricultural reform failure during the Great Leap Forward.
b
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During the 1830s and 1840s the economic differences between the rich and the poor
A) constituted a wide and growing gap, especially in the larger eastern cities. B) remained constant with only a small gap between the two groups. C) shrank dramatically due to the numerous economic opportunities of the growing economy. D) remained constant with a large gap between the two groups.
In an attempt to limit the power of the southern landed-owning aristocracy, many yeoman farmers joined
A. the Ku Klux Klan. B. the army. C. labor unions. D. Union Leagues.
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Which of the following is NOT a way the Confederacy was like the North?
A. Each government relied initially on volunteer soldiers, but later had to institute a draft, which provoked deep hostility. B. Each government financed the war through taxes and issuing paper money. C. Both presidents, despite little military background, ably directed the war effort. D. The demands of war tended to increase the power of the central government and accelerate industrialization on both sides.