The Soviet Collectivization of Agriculture and the Growing Demand for Food

question 55

Multiple Choice

The Soviet collectivization of agriculture and the growing demand for food in expanding cities

• A) caused an improvement in rural living standards.
• B) made it possible for nearly every farmer to own a tractor.
• C) caused a rural famine in which some five million people died.
• D) caused an urban famine, as farmers insisted on charging high prices for food.
• E) made the kulaks even more important to Soviet agriculture.

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