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During which Chinese dynasty was Cixi's (de facto) reign?
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Qing
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What was Cixi's given birth name?
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Yehenara
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Which ethnic group was Cixi a part of?
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Manchu
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As a young woman, Cixi became a consort to which Chinese emperor?
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Xianfeng
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Following the death of the above, Cixi organized a coup with his former senior concubine, ____.
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Ci'an
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Along with the above and counselor Prince Gong, Cixi quelled which revolt against the dynasty's rule?
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Taiping Rebellion
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What was Cixi's nickname for her favorite eunuch, who was executed after she broke the rules by sending him on a trip outside the palace?
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Little An
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Cixi diverted funds from the Chinese navy in order to restore what palace, which had been destroyed by the British during the Second Opium War?
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Summer Palace
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Cixi was the biological mother of Emperor _______, her husband's only son.
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Tongzhi
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After the death of the above, Cixi adopted a son, making him Emperor _______.
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Guangxu
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During Cixi's (temporary) retirement, after the above had officially assumed power, China was defeated in which war?
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First Sino-Japanese War
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After the _______ ____ of Reform, conservative officials who had learned of a plot to assassinate Cixi launched a coup, returning her to power.
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Hundred Days
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Cixi initially supported what 1898 uprising, thinking it would force foreign forces out of China?
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Boxer Rebellion
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As a woman, Cixi was never allowed into the front section of what "city"?
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Forbidden City
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Thinking the sound would disturb the tombs of the ancestors, Cixi delayed the construction of _________ in China for two decades.
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Railroads
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Which harmful custom, practiced on young Han girls, did Cixi put an end to?
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Foot binding
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Before her death, Cixi appointed ____, who would become the last emperor of China.
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Puyi
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