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Return to Patterns of World History 4e, with Sources, Volume 2 Student Resources
Chapter 24 Quiz
The Challenge of Modernity: East Asia, 1750–1910
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Efforts by British envoys to establish a British diplomatic mission in Qing China met with complete failure _________.
in 1793 and 1800
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in 1793 and 1816
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in 1790 and 1800
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in 1800 and 1805
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By the end of the eighteenth century, the illegal trade in _________, constituted a very profitable import commodity in China, especially around the area of Guangzhou (Canton).
coal
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tobacco
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spice
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opium
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Beginning in the fall of 1839, the hostilities between China and Great Britain exposed the growing gap between the military capabilities of industrializing Western nations and those like China, whose armed forces _________.
were in a state of readiness
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were technologically up-to-date
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had fallen into disuse
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were superior in tactical logistics
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The Treaty of _________, which put an end to the first of the Opium Wars, marked the first of the century's "unequal treaties" that would be imposed throughout east Asia by European powers in order to open Chinese ports to foreign trade.
Nanjing
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Zhoushan
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Xiamen
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Quanzhou
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The British imposed the policy of _________, or immunity of a country's nationals from the laws of their host country, on the newly open ports on the Chinese mainland.
mixed courts
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extraterritoriality
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amnesty
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sovereignty
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Another policy imposed by the British was that of _________, the loss by a country of its right to set its own tariffs.
tariff avoidance right
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nontariff sanctuary
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nontariff autonomy
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tariff forgiveness
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In later treaties signed by China with France and the United States, an important addition was the most-favored nation clause, which stated that:
any new concessions granted to one country automatically reverted to those who by treaty were "most-favored nations."
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no new concessions could be granted to any country which was not already a "most-favored nation."
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any new concessions granted to one country could not automatically revert to those who by treaty were "most-favored nations."
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no new concessions could be granted to those who by treaty were "most-favored nations."
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The movement to bring about the ________(
taiping tianguo
) on earth became known as the Taiping Rebellion and was headed by the former Confucian follower Hong Xiuquan.
Divine Kingdom of Great War
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Renewed Kingdom of Great Imperial Power
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Sacred Republic of the People
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Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace
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As a result of the Second Opium War, Qing China was forced to abide by all
but one
of the following:
opening of a dozen ports to foreign trade
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reduction of extraterritoriality privileges
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recognition of opium as a legal commodity
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establishing of foreign embassies in the capital city of Beijing
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While Western powers wished for Qing China to become a more stable trade and diplomatic partner, the Chinese were primarily concerned with _________.
the spread of Confucianism
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expanding the marketing of opium
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suppressing both the Taipings and the control by foreigners
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the spread of communism
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In order to stem the tide of Western encroachment and influence, a growing number of Chinese officials advocated a policy of _________, whose two most prominent advocates were Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan.
a harmonious society
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passive Confucianism
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passivism
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self-strengthening
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After the forced suicide of Taiping leader Hong Xiuquan and the end of his movement in 1864, Chinese leaders began to move toward a reform strategy of what a later slogan called:
"socialism with Chinese characteristics"
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"Chinese studies for the essence; Western studies for the practical application"
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"the harmonious society"
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"the three R's reaction, reform, and revolution"
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By the fall of 1894, a full-scale war over the fate of Korea and northeast Asia, called the _________War, was under way.
Russo-Japanese
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Tonghak
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Sino-Japanese
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Korean
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After the war, the winning Japanese side forced China into a series of humiliating provisions including all
but one
of the following:
annexation of Taiwan
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annexation of Macau
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control of Korea
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seizure of Liaodong
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The severity of peace provisions after 1895 signaled to the Western powers in East Asia that China was now weak enough to have massive economic and territorial demands forced on it and led to a _________in which not just Japan, but also France, Great Britain, Russia, and Germany all made known their own territorial demands on China.
"race for China"
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"the three R's reaction, reform, and revolution"
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"partition of China"
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"race for concessions"
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In 1899, at the behest of United States Secretary of State John Hay, European powers were persuaded to refrain from securing exclusive concessions and, instead, to maintain a(n) _________policy for all.
"Closed Door"
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"Self-strengthening"
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"Open Door"
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"Amnesty"
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In the aftermath of losing the war, a group of young Chinese officials pushed for a series of widespread reforms aimed at completely revamping China's government and many of its leading institutions in what became known as the _________.
Chinese Reformation
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"Race for Concessions"
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"Race for China Reform"
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"Hundred Days of Reform"
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The Boxer Rebellion came about as a result of the anti-Qing and anti-foreign plots of a group known as the _________, also known as the "Boxers" on account of their ritual exercises.
Society of the Harmonious Fists
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Society of the Fighting Fists
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Society of the Heroic Fists
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Society of the Fists
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As a result of the Empress Dowager having openly lent her support to the Boxers movement through secret negotiations and having consequently declared war on all the foreign powers in China, _________and a multi-national relief force led by the Germans and British and largely manned by the Japanese was quickly assembled which also included units from all countries with interests in China. __________ __________
civil war broke out across Southern China
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civil war broke out across Northern China
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civil war broke out across Eastern China
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civil war broke out across Western China
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The treaty ending the Boxer Rebellion saw Qing power in China totally defeated and forced to accept the most severe "unequal treaty" to date, and included all
but one
of the following:
the right by foreign powers to post troops in major Chinese cities
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the total suppression of any antiforeign movements
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exorbitant indemnity payments
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that German be made the official diplomatic language of China
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Which of the following factors did
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shape Japan's pursuit of an overseas empire?
the Tokugawa shogunate's desire for contact with Western culture
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vastly expanded legitimate foreign trade with China into and out of Shanghai and its proximity to Japan
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rapid growth of the whaling industry in the North Pacific brought Western ships into contact with Japanese ships and port cities
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the United States gaining control over the Pacific Coast of North America and the American West, both of which opened the door to increasing American maritime traffic.
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_________was the term used by the Japanese to refer to the American fleets arriving on Japanese waters in 1853 and 1854.
"Black Ships"
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"Dutch Learning"
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"White Ships"
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"Western Ships"
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The Treaty of _________between Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate in 1854 was Japan's first with an outside power and ushered the nation into the "treaty port" era..
Augin
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Tientsin
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Fujikawa
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Kanagawa
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A backlash against the foreign presence in Japan, resulting from the "treaty port" era of exposure to Western powers, led to the creation of an anti-foreigner movement aimed at driving out the Tokugawa and _________.
creating a nation-state
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restoring the feudal
han
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restoring imperial rule
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restoring the
daimyo
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The Restoration War pitted the Tokugawa government against a movement who's slogan was
Sonno joi
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"Honor the
Daimyo
, expel the barbarian!"
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"Honor the emperor, expel the barbarian!"
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"Honor the
Han
, expel the Emperor!"
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"Honor the Emperor, expel the
Han
and the
Daiymo
!"
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After the defeat of the Tokugawa, the new regime moved to the Tokugawa capital of _________and renamed it Tokyo.
Edo
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Chiba
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Osaka
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Nagoya
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New Emperor Mutsuhito's Japan sought to make good on its promise and took on the name of Meiji, meaning _________, and launched a series of progressive reforms aimed at strengthening imperial rule, as exemplified by the issuing of the Charter Oath of 1868.
"Samurai Rule"
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"Bushido Rule"
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"Enlightened Rule"
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"Reform Rule"
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Among Mutsuhito's reforms were all
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of the following:
movement toward a centralized provincial structure
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institution of a new national system of compulsory education
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creation of a new conscript army modeled after that of Germany and a new navy modeled after that of Great Britain
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rejection of all foreign technologies and institutions
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The novel _________, written by Cao Xueqin, is considered to be the greatest literary masterpiece of the Qing Era and is such a hallmark of Chinese vernacular literature that there is an entire field of "red studies" or "redology" devoted entirely to the examination of the work.
Journey to the West in a Red Vase
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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Water Margins
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The
Dream of the Red Chamber
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Which of the following was
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a Meiji regime economic reform?
keeping tight regulatory controls over Japanese private enterprise
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insuring that ownership would remain in Japanese hands
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following the Western pattern of developing and diversifying exports as much as possible
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fostering commercial entrepreneurship among former samurai
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By the end of the nineteenth century, Japan's economy had developed a number of successful
zaibatsu
or _________in order to control or monopolize an industry.
merchants
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investors
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economists
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cartels
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Ito Hirobumi's constitution drew inspiration from all of the countries EXCEPT
Great Britain
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Spain
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Germany
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The United States
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Much of Ito's Constitution was aimed at preserving the traditions of Japan's Confucian society, chief among them the concept of
kokutai
, or _________, reflecting Japan's unique unbroken line of emperors and their familial and spiritual bond and the Japanese people.
"national pride"
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"national polity"
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"republicanism"
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"ethnocentrism"
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Two major political parties rose to prominence in Japan by the turn of the turn of the twentieth century, the
Kenseito
, or Liberal, Party (later re-established as the
Minseito
), and the more powerful
Seiyukai
, or _________.
Constitutional Government Party
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Labor Party
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Institutional Revolutionary Party
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Party of the Democratic Revolution
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What traditional Japanese art form remained popular until the development of newspaper photography?
Noh
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Kabuki
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Bunraku
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Ukiyo-e
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As part of the program to curb practices in Japan that were believed to offend foreign sensibilities, all
but one
of the following socio-cultural changes were ;initiated by the government:
bathhouses were now required to have separate entrances for men and women
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meat-eating was encouraged in a largely Buddhist country
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stricter formal class barriers were put in place between peasants and
samurai
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men and women were to dress following the "modern" and "civilized" Western style
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What was the origin of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)?
It was fought over Japanese access to Chinese markets.
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It was fought over who would control Korea.
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It was fought over Japanese claims in southern China.
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It was fought over who would control Manchuria.
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The first treaty ports, as shown on the map above, were established after China's loss in the ______.
First Opium War
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Sino-Japanese War
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Second Opium War
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Taiping Rebellion
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Railroads, like the one below, were part of the significant social, political, and economic changes in Japan during the ___________ era.
Self-strengthening
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Meiji
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Qing
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Tokugawa
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