The major political parties are too similar on most issues to provide effective choices for voters.
Class inequalities between rich and poor grew wider
On October 1, 1949, Mao proclaimed the foundation of the PRC, a single-party state controlled by the CCP. In the following years he solidified his control through campaigns against landlords, suppression of "counter-revolutionaries", "Three-anti and Five-anti Campaigns" and through a psychological victory in the Korean War
From 1953 to 1958, Mao played an important role in enforcing planned economy in China, constructing the first Constitution of the PRC, launching the industrialisation program, and initiating the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" project.
With this success, Mao launched the "Great Leap Forward." He wanted to make the communes larger and more productive.
The correct answer is A) Betty Friedan.
Betty Friedan wrote the book the <em>Feminine Mystique </em>. This book was published in 1963. Friedan's book inspired another wave of feminism based on the content of her book. Friedan described her experience as a housewife as somewhat unfulfilling. As a college educated individual, she questioned the societal norms of the time period. She felt that as an educated women she could achieve more than just being a person who took care of domestic chores.