Question

A leader believes that his city's economy will improve if its network of small dirt roads is replaced with a modern highway system. He forces all of the city's citizens to quit their jobs and begin paving new concrete roads. Since none of the citizens have experience with this kind of work, the new paved roads are a disaster. In fact, it's even more difficult to drive on them than it was to drive on the dirt roads! This scenario is most similar to which of the following events?

Answer 1

you didn't provide the possible events but it very much sounds like Mao zedongs "great leap forward" that was a drastic mistake that went horribly

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) the Great Leap Forward.

This scenario is most similar to the Great Leap Forward.

The People's Republic of China government under the rule of Mao Zedong launched the program the Great Leap Forward in 1958. The idea of Mao was to industrialize China. To take the country from am agriculture society to strong industrial power. For that to happen, Mao used the cheap labor of millions of workers. Just like the case posed in the question. But the plan did not work. Indeed, it was a disaster.

The other options of the question were a) the Tiananmen Square Massacre, c) the Cultural Revolution, and d) the Chinese Civil War.