The Great Leap Forward was
A) an attempt by Mao to encourage education and literacy among the Chinese peasants as a prelude to economic development.
B) the final battle of the Chinese civil war.
C) the communist program of land reform initiated following the revolution.
D) a mass campaign to collectivize China's surplus labor force and produce spectacular economic growth.
E) characterized by show trials in which party leaders were publicly tried.

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The Great Leap Forward, initiated by Mao Zedong in 1958, aimed to rapidly transform China from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through rapid industrialization and collectivization. This included mobilizing the population to increase agricultural and industrial output, often with disastrous results.

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