jan 1, 1958 - 1958

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The great leap forward was another five-year plan that hoped to increase industrial output. The government encouraged people to produce their own iron and steel in their backyards.They made huge farm communities where they made people work and would give them food. 20 million starved to death because of this. This was a huge failure. People were forced to make steel and iron.

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