Question

door policy.

• the policy stipulated that the u.s. and its allies would respect each other’s trading rights in china, and each country would continue to have access to chinese ports. in other words, they agreed not to interfere with the commercial activities of foreign powers in china.

unintended consequences: the boxer rebellion
the open door policy had negative consequences— notably the boxer rebellion in china. the chinese people and government perceived the policy as further intrusion by foreigners, leading to a violent rebellion by a martial arts group called the boxers in 1900.

• the boxers opposed foreign influence and targeted the “invaders” in china.
• a military force assembled by the u.s. and its allies quelled the rebellion by 1901.

the boxers were defeated by ________.

options:
u.s. forces alone
u.s. forces and those of several other nations
u.s. and chinese forces

Explanation:

From the text, it says "A military force assembled by the U.S. and its allies quelled the rebellion by 1901". "Allies" here means several other nations, so the Boxers were defeated by U.S. forces and those of several other nations. Option A is wrong as it's not U.S. forces alone, and Option C is wrong as Chinese forces didn't defeat the Boxers (the Boxers were opposing foreign influence and the force that quelled them was from U.S. and allies, not Chinese forces).

Answer:

B. U.S. forces and those of several other nations