China was controlled by foreign nations , who dominate the ports in Shanghai.China was involved in a war called the "Opium War" between Great Britain, France and China which ultimately led to China's defeat. The consequence of their defeat was the lost of 50 of their ports which were called "treaty ports, meaning the ports were opened for foreign trade and residence.
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False
Explanation:
The Atlantic Ocean is spreading at its central part. The African and South American plates are moving away from one another. There's a mid-ocean ridge which is very active, and there's constant formation of new crust by the emerging magma from the mantle. The new crust is pilling up, and it is also pushing aside the old crust, so little by little the two plates move further apart. Apart from South America and Africa moving further away from each other, this also means that the Atlantic Ocean is becoming larger and larger every year, which is actually the only ocean at present to do so, as all the others are becoming smaller.
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Many felt that the policies of Thomas Jefferson led to the War of 1812, which took place four years after he left office. ... In 1801, Jefferson began a downsizing of the military including the American Navy. He replaced many of the battle ships with small, one-gun boats that could move quickly.
Answer: there was a new trend of immigrants coming from Eastern and Southern parts of Europe
Explanation: In the late 1800s and early 1900s, majority of immigrants were from Ireland, Scandinavia and Great Britain, the Northern and Western parts of Europe. But increasingly, there was a new trend of immigrants who also arrived from the Eastern and Southern parts of Europe along with some immigrants from Asia and South America. In the first 2 decades of the 20th Century, immigrants numbered more than 15 million.
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-1/2
Explanation:
The x in an algebraic expression such as this, is always right before the x. Therefore, this one would be -1/2.
