The Empress Dowager Cixi

question 7

Multiple Choice

The Empress Dowager Cixi

• A) managed to hold on to power in China for almost half a century.
• B) played her son off against her nephew to see which was more capable of ruling.
• C) implemented the 1000 Days of Reform, designed to better organize the government.
• D) strengthen China so the country would be able to oust outsiders.
• E) clear Christian missionaries out of the country's coastal regions.

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