What inspired Hong Xiuquan in leading the Taiping Rebellion?
A) his conversion to Islam
B) hostility to the Manchu rulers and Westerners
C) the Macartney mission
D) defeat by Japan
Answer: B
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Which of the following sought to create a social revolution?
a. the Women’s Trade Union League b. the Industrial Workers of the World c. the Knights of Labor d. the American Federation of Labor
What was an important political benefit that educated non-Europeans gained from the West?
A) introduction to ideas of responsible self-government and individual freedom B) social and political equality with their colonial masters C) Christian moral values taught by missionaries D) Western-style architecture, replacing indigenous styles E) the scientific quest for certainty and useful truths
The Magyars
A) helped end Muslim expansion in northern Spain. B) were originally from western Asia. C) won their most successful victory at the battle of Lechfeld against German troops. D) were wiped out as a people in the tenth century for their rejection of Christianity. E) became Muslims.
After the outbreak of the American Revolution, why did almost 80,000 Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, Shakers, and Moravians remain neutral in the face of fines and imprisonment?
What will be an ideal response?