Which of the following statements concerning the Manchu government is most accurate?
a. Though Manchus occupied a disproportionate number of the highest political positions, there were few limits on Chinese promotions within the imperial bureaucracy.
b. Chinese officials were eliminated at the local administrative levels in order to prevent the extreme regionalization that had led to the downfall of previous dynasties.
c. The civil service examination system was eliminated as a means of entering the government.
d. They welcomed modernization and Western influence after the Boxer rebellion in 1898.
e. They destroyed the scholar-gentry in order to consolidate their grip on the government.
Answer: A