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Question 1

Franklin Pierce's election as president in 1852 was due to
 
  a. his charismatic personality.
  b. the weaknesses of the Whig party.
  c. the strength of the Free-Soil party's organization.
  d. his fame as a commanding general in the War with Mexico.

Question 2

What caused the Meiji Restoration of 1867?
 
  a. Commodore Perry's show of force in Tokyo Bay
  b. an aristocratic revolt against the Japanese emperor
  c. the samurai seizure of the Japanese government to preserve Japan's independence
  d. a revolt of the merchant class, which benefitted greatly from the new trade with the outside world
  e. a religious uprising to protest Christianity



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