Show how the Titanic can be an effective metaphor for the West in 1914
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Amazing accomplishments and unconscious hubris are clearly common to both. Hopefully students will be able to see the similarities and marshal the abundant relevant information to produce an ambitious, synthetic essay.
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A. grew; fell B. fell; grew C. grew; grew D. fell; fell
What precipitated the end of the Taiping?
a. Hong was taken prisoner by the French at Nanjing. b. The imperial army defeated them at Nanjing. c. The French and British came to the aid of the Qing dynasty. d. The imperial emperor negotiated a treaty with Hong. e. After the death of Hong, 200,000 Taiping surrendered.
Alexander was the Macedonian leader who conquered Persia.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
As part of his Asian diplomacy, President Theodore Roosevelt
A. All these answers are correct. B. signed a secret agreement with Japan to ensure continued American trade in Asia. C. sent a fleet of battleships to Japan as a show of American military power. D. both signed a secret agreement with Japan to ensure continued American trade in Asia, and sent a fleet of battleships to Japan as a show of American military power. E. mediated a peace conference between Russia and Japan in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1905.