Question

Which of the following events motivated China to launch its Self-Strengthening Movement in the 19th century?

a. its devotion to laissez-faire economic
b. its economic failures under communism
c. its defeat in wars against Europeans
d. its inability to control its population of serfs

Answer 1

c. its defeat in wars against Europeans

Answer 2

C)Its defeat in wars against Europeans was one of the events which motivated China to launch its Self-Strengthening Movement in the 19th Century. The Self-Strengthening Movement was largely specifically economic and military modernization and the idea that the Chinese would become stronger in these areas if they adopted Western techniques.