The Treaty of Tianjin
A. ceded Chinese territory to Britain and France.
B. made the Chinese opium trade legal.
C. closed all Chinese ports to foreign trade.
D. gave the British the Liaodong Peninsula in 1875.
E. deprived the Russians of any control in northern China.
Answer: B
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In Pennsylvania, William Penn
A. encouraged the use of African slaves to make the colony profitable. B. wanted to provide an environment in which criminals from England could be rehabilitated. C. extended the right to vote to both adult men and women. D. offered religious toleration to all settlers.
It can be said that the first stage in the development of modern nationalism is
a. the collapse of all tribal loyalties. b. the complete assimilation of the ruling elite into the colonial infrastructure. c. the breakdown of village hierarchical structures. d. resistance to colonial conquest, often based on traditional cultural factors. e. an abandonment of local languages in favor of the language of the colonial power.
The first controversy of the Washington administration involved the
a. dignity to attach to the president's office. b. location of the nation's capital. c. role of the cabinet in formulating policy. d. name of the new country. e. salary to be given to the president.
Which provides the strongest evidence that eighteenth-century slavery was based on race?
A) Slave status depended entirely on the amount of money a person had, and blacks had little money. B) The status of a person as a slave depended on where the person was born, and being born in Africa made a person a slave. C) The status of a person as a slave depended entirely on skin color. D) The status of a person as a slave depended partly on skin color and partly on intelligence. E) The status of a person as a slave depended entirely on social class.