Question

In the early 1920s, Lenin established the New Economic Policy, which

instituted communist reforms and gave the economy a boost.
instituted communist reforms and damaged the economy.
reversed earlier changes and gave the economy a boost.
reversed earlier changes and damaged the economy.

Answer 1

reversed earlier changes and gave the economy a boost.

Briefly: the NEP rolled back War Communism by allowing small-scale private trade and private ownership of small industry, replacing grain requisitioning with a tax-in-kind, which helped agricultural and economic recovery in the 1920s.