Practice Test 2 4 The Taiping War or Rebellion was a b c an earth shattering civil war in central and southern China weakened the Qing and increased the instability of Chinese society in the 19th century an earth shattering civil war in the central and southern United States weakened the Federal government and increased the instability of American society in the 19 th century an earth shattering civil was in northern and western India weakened the Mughal government and increased the instability of Indian society in the 19th century The Taiping wanted to create the a Heavenly Kingdom of Supreme Peace b Supremely Peaceful Kingdom of Christians c Sauronic Kingdom of Mordor d All of the Above e None of the Above d All of the Above e None of the Above The leader of the Taiping was a Hong Kong b King Kong c Hong Xiuquan d All of the Above e None of the Above The Taiping required converts b c d All of the Above e None of the Above The Taiping advocated a a b c d All of the Above e None of the Above to provide a public statement of their transgressions repent of their actions and proclaim their adherence to a godly path to live in dorms strictly segregated as to gender to adhere to a no alcohol no opium and no sensual pleasures policy the destruction of Christian monasteries and shrines the maintenance of the Qing and the subordination of women the destruction of Confucian idols and ancestral shrines the destruction of the Qing and the equality of men and women the destruction of Hindu idols and temples the destruction of the Mughal and the subordination of men a b c a b c The United States Civil War was a four year conflict over the nature of the federal union and the institution of slavery which resulted in 600 000 dead a four year conflict over the balance of power in Europe and the institution of the nation state which resulted in 9 000 000 dead a four year conflict over the political ideas of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin and the institution of the nation state which resulted in 20 000 000 million dead d All of the Above e None of the Above The American civil war was a terrible conflict between Sauron and Aragorn over the kingdom of Gondor a terrible conflict between the export oriented plantation agricultural economy in the southern states dependent on slave labor and the developing industrial capitalist system in the northern states dependent on free labor a terrible conflict between the Christian rebels in the South and the Socialist soldiers in the North d All of the Above e None of the Above The North won the United States Civil War because of its a massive industrial base large population better transportation system and the moral high ground of abolishing slavery b massive agricultural base small population poor transportation system and c massive commercial base small population excellent canal and water transportation maintaining slavery system and empire in Africa and Asia d All of the Above e None of the Above The North won the United States Civil War because of its a b c superior strategy slicing apart the Confederacy in the Far West through control over the Pacific Ocean and destroying the best land in the heart of the Midwest in Illinois and Iowa superior strategy slicing apart the Confederacy in the Western theater through control of the Mississippi River and destroying the best agricultural land in the heart of the Confederacy in Georgia superior strategy slicing apart the Confederacy in the East through control over the Atlantic Ocean and destroying best land in Florida d All of the Above e None of the Above The major battles of the American Civil War were the Marne Loos Somme Ypres and the Argonne a b Bull Run Antietam Shiloh Gettysburg and the Wilderness c Dunkirk Moscow Stalingrad Normandy and the Philippines d All of the Above e None of the Above When the daimyo and bushi of Satsuma and Choshu rebelled and ended the rule of the Shogun they declared the restored authority of the Tokugawa the restored authority of the King the restored authority of the Emperor a b c d All of the Above e None of the Above The Emperor Meiji modernized his nation a freeing all the slaves owned by the daimyo and ending peasant obligations to the daimyo abolishing all hereditary privileges of the daimyo and bushi creating a new Western style army navy and public education system b c d All of the Above e None of the Above When the Emperor Meiji abolished the particular position of the warrior elite in Japanese society a Saigo Takamori and 40 000 bushi samurai rebelled in 1877 b Tom Cruise and 40 000 bushi samurai rebelled in 1877 c Mishima Yukio and 40 000 bushi samurai rebelled in 1877 d All of the Above e None of the Above By the beginning of the 20th century the Japanese had joined the Imperial Club winning two wars a The Indo Japanese War and the Russo Japanese War b The Afro Japanese War and the Russo Japanese War c The Mongol Japanese War and the Korean Japanese War d All of the Above e None of the Above