Transcript The Great Leap Forward - Woodland Hills School District

The Great Leap Forward
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Revolutionary Goals
1. What were the three main goals of the
Communist revolution?
2. What were several obstacles to the
achievement of these goals?
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”?
Great Leap Forward
6. What was the Great Leap Forward?
7. Describe the commune system, include at
least five facts
Effects of the Great Leap Forward
8. Was the Great Leap Forward a success or a
failure?
9. Why? Include three reasons.
The Question of Agricultural
Cooperation
Read the excerpts of Mao’s speech
10.What can you deduce about the debate
within the Communist Party on the subject of
land reform?
11. In Mao’s opinion, what is driving the move
towards cooperation?
12. What does Mao mean by “the socialist
road”?
Your Take
12.If you lived in China during the 1950s would
you support or oppose Mao’s economic
reforms?
13. Why?