Stalin's Program of Forcibly Collectivizing Russian Agriculture

question 36

Multiple Choice

Stalin's program of forcibly collectivizing Russian agriculture

• A) boosted efficiency on Russian farms by sixty percent in the early 1930s.
• B) resulted in government-made famine in 1932 and 1933.
• C) was very well received by the Russian peasantry.
• D) enabled the Russian peasant to greatly increase his productivity.
• E) greatly increased livestock numbers, doubling them in three years.

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Definitions:

Covariance Value

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Correlation Coefficient

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Correlation Coefficient

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