Author Question: Why was Fukuzawa, the traveler discussed in this chapter, considered a champion for public opinion? ... (Read 63 times)

soccerdreamer_17 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Why was Fukuzawa, the traveler discussed in this chapter, considered a champion for public opinion?

a. As an editor of a newspaper, his views were widely discussed.
b. He championed gender rights.
c. As a writer, he was the chief source of views on the West.
d. His writing promoted the idea that the government had to listen to its people.
e. All of these

Question 2

The Meiji Restoration was led by a powerful group of reformers who passed all the following edicts EXCEPT

a. daimyo domains were replaced by government prefectures.
b. centralized taxation was established.
c. a national army was created and trained by officers with experience in modern warfare.
d. all distinctions between samurai and commoners were eliminated.
e. former samurai were organized into an elite imperial force.