The Tiananmen Square incident was
A) the use of armed force by the Chinese government to quell pro-democracy rallies in Beijing.
B) the culmination of a general strike by Polish workers that began the disintegration of the Soviet Union's hold on eastern Europe.
C) a confrontation between anti-abortion and pro-choice demonstrators.
D) a protest march against the Persian Gulf War.

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The Tiananmen Square incident, also known as the June Fourth Incident, was a government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing, China in 1989. The government used armed force to disperse the protests, resulting in the deaths of hundreds or possibly thousands of people.

The Tiananmen Square Incident Was