Which of the Following Statements Accurately Characterizes the Nature of the Opium

question 84

Multiple Choice

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.

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