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What was the reason behind the Boxers being called Boxers?
What was the reason behind the Boxers being called Boxers?
- They wore boxing gloves during their attacks
- They believed physical exercises would make them bulletproof (correct)
- They were professional boxers before the rebellion
- They had a secret weapon hidden in a box
What was the outcome of the Boxer Rebellion?
What was the outcome of the Boxer Rebellion?
- Foreign influence in China was eliminated
- China was forced to pay reparations (correct)
- The Qing dynasty was strengthened
- The rebels were successful in their uprising
What was the reason behind the Boxers' attacks on foreigners and Chinese Christians?
What was the reason behind the Boxers' attacks on foreigners and Chinese Christians?
- They were trying to gain control over Beijing
- They blamed them for their poor standard of living (correct)
- They were hired by the Qing dynasty to do so
- They were seeking revenge for past wars
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Study Notes
- Boxer Rebellion was an uprising in northern China against Western and Japanese influence in 1900
- The rebels were called Boxers because they believed physical exercises would make them bulletproof
- Boxers attacked foreigners and Chinese Christians and destroyed foreign property in Beijing
- International force including American troops subdued the uprising
- Boxer Protocol officially ended the rebellion in 1901 and China was forced to pay more than $330 million in reparations
- Western powers and Japan had forced China to accept wide foreign control over economic affairs
- Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists had begun carrying out regular attacks on foreigners and Chinese Christians
- Boxers blamed their poor standard of living on foreigners who were colonizing their country
- Qing dynasty was weakened by the Boxer Rebellion and came to an end in 1912
- China was forced to accept an "Open Door Policy" that allowed free trade opportunities.
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