The purpose of Stalin's Five Year Plans was to A transform the USSR from an agricultural into an industrial economy.
B strengthen the Red Army so that it could take back lost territories.
C reduce the massive poverty and improve the standard of living.
D drastically boost food production to end the widespread famines.​

Which of the following led to a continuation of the treatment in the excerpt above? a)the brutality of the trans-atlantic african slave trade. b)spanish repression after violent native uprisings in new spain during the 16th century. c)european competition to quickly establish colonial holdings in the new world. d)the reliance of the spanish on native americans to provide labor under the encomienda system.