The correct answer is that the iron support structure was visible
When you build something, the structural points such as pillars are usually not easily discernible to the untrained eye because they fit right there with the remaining walls and things like plaster or bricks. However, his Palace was built out of Glass so the iron supporting structures could easily be seen and it looked great.
During the Taiping Rebellion, the peasants rebelled. It was mostly a civil war which killed scores of people (twenty million people approximately). The movement was a millenarian movement (meaning it occurred because of religious ideology). The movement was led by Hong Xiuquan who claimed he was Jesus' younger brother.
If you mean neutral countries Switzerland, Portugal and the Vatican(Holy See) would be a few
Synonym for refract could be bend,swing arch or something similar to those words.
B) Cuba's economy weakened
