Herodotus, hope that helped:)
<u>ANSWER:</u>
The statement is false.
President Reagan fired fire-fighters in 1981 and not 1985 for an illegal strike.
<u>EXPLANATION:</u>
- President Reagan stated that the strike was illegal and in violation of laws of work and professional ethics.
- The President also issued a warning to the fire-fighters over their strike and threatened to fire them if they did not return to work within 48 hours.
- The workers did not return to work and so were fired and lost their jobs as a result.
Answer:
Among the options below the correct answer is option C.
forced China to accept unfavorable trade terms with Western nations.
Explanation: The Opium war had changed the trade balance between China and the Western nations. Before the Opium War Chinese economy was the largest in the world. The war matured as the Chinese emperor ordered many decree on prohibiting Opium in China and forcing British and American Opium merchants to leave their warehouse in Canton.
After this in 1840 British sent their troops with gunboat for response and a series of war took place in 1839-1842 between the British force and Chinese Imperial army. But the Chinese army were defeated and agreed to the Treaty of Nanjing in 1843.
On the treaty China agreed to cede Hong Kong to Britain, open five ports for British trade. abolish the Cohong trade system. Moreover they paid $21 million as indemnity.
All of these terms on the treaty went in the favor of Britain and China fulfilled the terms as the defeated side.
Therefore, it can be said that the Opium war forced China to accept Unfavorable trade terms with Western nations.
Her company experienced growth during the post-industrial times and she was able to reap the benefits of this.
The definition of a post-industrial society is when the stage of society's development when the service sector generates more wealth than the manufacturing sector of the economy.
