🌍ap world history: modern review

Empress Dowager Cixi

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A powerful Qing court official and regent who wielded significant influence over late Qing politics and was involved in political rivalries and the suppression of reform efforts.

AP course connection

Topic 7.1: 7.1 Shifting Power After 1900

Unit 7

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