Question

what were negative aspects of joseph stalins first five-year plan? choose three answers. decline of infrastructure shortage of consumer goods waste and inefficiency setbacks to modernization use of enslaved laborers

Explanation:

• The first Five-Year Plan prioritized heavy industry, diverting resources away from consumer goods production, leading to widespread shortages.
• Rapid, forced industrialization led to poor planning, low-quality output, and significant waste and inefficiency.
• The plan relied heavily on forced labor from the gulag system, which functioned as a form of enslaved labor for industrial and construction projects.
• Infrastructure actually expanded (so "decline of infrastructure" is incorrect), and the plan advanced modernization (so "setbacks to modernization" is incorrect).

Answer:

B. shortage of consumer goods
C. waste and inefficiency
E. use of enslaved laborers