Empress Dowager Cixi

question 27

Multiple Choice

Empress Dowager Cixi

• A) was sensitive to the needs of the people.
• B) placed her son on the throne and then imprisoned him in a palace coup.
• C) was a champion of democratic reforms.
• D) initially opposed reform but later supported some reforms, including the civil service examination.
• E) abandoned her Manchu connections and adopted western democracy reforms.

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