Great Leap Forward

What was the time period of the Great Leap Forward?

1958-1966

What was the goal of the Great Leap Forward?

free China from Soviet Dominion

What did the Great Leap Forward try to transform China into?

a radical egalitarian society

What did the Great Leap Forward reorganizes China into?

communes that would serve all basic, social, and economic functions

What are backyard furnaces?

where people would try to make steel in the countryside

How did Mao try to carry out the Great Leap Forward?

Mass mobilization

What did the Red vs. Expert emphasize?

party workers, not bureaucrats running the gov't

Who are cadres?

party workers at the lowest level

What is decentralization?

when message of people can do it was pushed

What was the outcome of the Great Leap Forward?

Failure & famine

What efforts were made to transform China during the Great Leap Forward?

Utopian effort

What were cadres expected to demonstrate?

party devolution by encouraging people to work hard