Question 1
Empress Dowager
a. was sensitive to the needs of the people.
b. placed her son on the throne and then imprisoned him in a palace coup.
c. was a champion of democratic reforms.
d. initially opposed reform but later supported some reforms, including the civil service examination.
e. abandoned her Manchu connections and adopted western democracy reforms.
Question 2
What was the punishment imposed on China by foreigners for the Boxer Rebellion?
a. Manchu leader, Sun Yat-sen, was forced to abdicate.
b. Foreign governments insisted that the Manchus institute repression throughout China.
c. Foreign governments took control of much of China, claiming its territories as their own.
d. The Chinese government was forced to pay heavy fines and watch as foreign troops destroyed temples.
e. Government buildings were burned to the ground.