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Question 1

The Great Leap Forward
 
  a. was a great success, producing both agricultural and industrial surpluses.
  b. lasted until the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.
  c. was immediately followed by the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
  d. was a disaster, costing as many as 15 million lives due to starvation.
  e. was opposed by Mao, but he was outvoted by his idealistic colleagues.

Question 2

Which statement best describes Abraham Lincoln's handling of the secession crisis?
 
  a. He maneuvered the Confederates into firing the first shot and becoming the aggressors.
  b. He declared that secession was treason and pledged to send the army to punish the traitors.
  c. He tried to conciliate southerners by supporting a constitutional amendment that would guarantee their right to bring slaves into federal territories.
  d. He torpedoed any hopes of reconciliation when he issued an executive order that forbade federal officials from enforcing the Fugitive Slave Law.



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