Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the nature of the Opium War?
a. It was begun, and won, by China.
b. The Chinese began hostilities as the only means available to them to stop the opium trade of the British.
c. Philippine smugglers used the war to monopolize the Chinese opium trade.
d. The British used Chinese objection to opium importation as a pretext to unilaterally invade China and forcibly open it to Western trade.
e. The war was a competitive confrontation between the Western colonialist nations to determine which would be the most successful at flooding China with opium.
d
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a. health insurance. b. retirement pensions. c. paid vacations. d. full union representation.
Although the Zhou acquired the skill of working in iron late, they were the first to
a. discover how to cast iron b. use iron as weapons c. use iron for ceremonial vessels d. use iron for farm tools e. worship a god of iron
After 1750, Oxford and Cambridge Universities continued to meet the colonies' need for Anglican churchmen
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Thirty-seven thousand African American servicemen gave their lives as Union soldiers in the U.S. Civil War, a rate of loss about 40 percent higher than that among white soldiers. Why did black soldiers fight and die so fiercely?
A. More than for a white soldier, their capture by rebel forces might mean death. B. They hoped to win their civil rights after the war. C. The freedom of their race hung in the balance. D. All of these answers are correct.