The Empress Dowager Cixi

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.