VISUAL ACTIVITYAmerican Soldiers at the Chinese Imperial Palace After helping suppress the Boxer uprising, these American soldiers stood alongside the road to the Chinese Imperial Palace to celebrate the conclusion of the fighting and the imposition of the Boxer Protocol. Strolling along the center of the road is a Christian missionary with his family, suggesting the triumph over the anti-Christian Boxers.READING THE IMAGE: How did this ceremony display the consequences of the suppression of the Boxer crisis?CONNECTIONS: How did the suppression of the Boxer uprising reflect American foreign policy?

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