שאלה | Question: At the Opium Wars

Question: At the Opium Wars —

שאלה #193594

		A) The British went to war in order to ensure the smuggling of “free opium” into China in the years 1839–1842.
		B) Britain’s eating habits were shaped by its republican population’s addiction to drugs.
		C) The League of Nations removed opium from the list of banned substances in the 1925 Opium Convention.
		D) China emerged from the campaign against opium use victorious.

Explanation: In the readings, the First Opium War is described as a British military intervention to protect and expand the illegal opium trade into China after Qing authorities attempted to suppress it. (Reading: Breen, The Age of Intoxication). Quote: “Britain went to war to defend the opium trade.” (Breen, The Age of Intoxication).