In spite of his brutality, Shi Huangdi was responsible for all of the following except
a. building canals and bridges
b. standardizing wheel axle length to aid transportation
c. standardizing weights and measures
d. building the largest library of Confucian texts
e. beginning the Great Wall
Ans: d
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What was one problem that the woman suffrage movement continued to face after 1890?
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