The Great Leap Forward, intended to be a five-year effort, was halted in 1960 after three brutal years. The initiative is said to have cost an estimated 20 to 48 million lives as a result of catastrophic economic policy, compounded by adverse weather conditions including a flood that killed 2 million people and the subsequent crop failures that led to starvation. In addition to the fatalities, the Great Leap Forward had negative environmental impacts as communes were encouraged to set up "backyard" production plants for needed supplies such as steel, timber and cement. In 1960, an extensive drought further added to the country's troubles.
Answer:
It raised productivity. The horse drawn seed drill, invented by Jethro Till ( the agricultural pioneer not the 1970s rock band!) was central to the Agricultural Revolution, which preceded the Industrial Revolution in England. The Agricultural Revolution allowed farmers to move from basically a subsistence economy to producing enough food to feed the towns and cities housed the industrial workers.
Explanation:
Answer:
They lost important trade routes due to the western seafaring innovations
Explanation:
The loss of important trade routes through the Middle East hurt Ottoman economics to the point they had to debase their currency and set about a lot of corruption that would bring about the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
The correct answer is the first amendment. It has the establishment clause which prevents the state from establishing any religion as the official religion of the country, making it completely secular. Any such attempt would be banned because it would be unconstitutional.
