Stalin's Reasons for Launching First Three 5-year Plans

Question 1

1. How many years behind the West did Stalin claim the USSR was in industry?
   - In how many years did he want to catch up?
2. What did he feel would stop the inefficiencies of small-scale, disorganised trading by Nepmen?

Answer 1

1. 100 years.
   - 15 years.
2. Govt-organised production.

Question 2

1. What did he need resources for?
2. What did Stalin use to remove Bukharin?
3. He wanted to lead his own ________ _________.
   - Why?

Answer 2

1. A potential European War with Germany.
2. The fact that he was the strongest NEP supporter.
3. Industrial revolution.
   - Insecure in power.

Question 3

1. What NEP elements became increasingly unattractive to C.P. members?
2. Lenin had argued that the NEP was only _____ ____.

Answer 3

1. Capitalist elements.

2. Short term.