What impact did the Nationalist smashing of the workers' movement have on the development of the Communist Party in China?
a. The slaughter of the workers in Shanghai had little impact, because the great concentration of workers was in Beijing.
b. Mao and his followers had to flee to the Soviet Union and regroup.
c. It forced the communists to become increasingly dependent on the Soviet Union.
d. It allowed Mao's program of revolutionary activity among the peasants to come to the forefront.
e. It destroyed the early communist movement, leaving only small cells of intellectuals and students.
Answer: D