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The Great Leap Forward was an economic and social campaign by the Chinese communist party. Its aim was to transform the country into an industrialized country from an agrarian country. This resulted in famine and food shortages. The resulting famine is known as The Great Chinese Famine. It is estimated that between 18 and 35 million people died from starvation. The people were not allowed to own their own plots of land to farm on. They were forced into farming on collective land and the Chinese government of the day tried to force the concept of rural industrialization on the people
The correct answers are greater regulation of business, political power in the hands of the people, tax reductions and free silver movement.
- The Populist's Party considered that the <em>government should take the role of owning and managing all railroads</em> (via a federal appropriation of the railroad's system) to have a more regulatory role over the power of bankers and railroad magnates over this transportation system.
- Another major point was the <em>popular election of U.S. Senators</em>. During that time, senators were chosen by the state legislatures, and not by the people's vote, a factor that allowed business lobbies to excerpt influence over the selection of these officials. They also sponsored a reform of the legislative system to include the referendum and recall as a chance of having a more direct voice on how the country was being run.
- "The Omaha Platform: Policies for the common man" also calls for the <em>implementation of a Graduated Income Tax</em>. The party considered that the income resulted from this contribution was going to allow the <em>reduction of the burden that was placed upon domestic industries</em>.
- At last, the group also known as the "Silverites" called for the <em>free and unlimited coinage of silver </em>to achieve three things: Ending the nation's economic crisis, allowing the wealth to reach a more significant portion of the population, and decreasing the value of money, causing deflation.
