The Qing response to Chinese defeat in the Opium War was to
a. increase its military along traditional lines.
b. ignore it.
c. adopt Western military technology.
d. expel all foreigners.
B
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The "right to work" radicals earned the support of which socialist that had set up national workshops?
A) Louis Blanc B) Louis Philippe C) Thomas Malthus D) David Ricardo E) Frederick Wilhelm
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A. Britain B. Russia C. Italy D. Netherlands E. France