Cultural difference between japan and china at the end of the 19th century.

a. japan opened its society and culture to western influences, while china continued to resist any outside influence on its customs and beliefs.
b. although both japan and china began to westernize their cultures, china adapted new ideas into its culture much faster than japan.
c. china began establishing a western-style educational system, while japan refused to change its educational system in order to preserve its culture.
d. many japanese began to convert to european religions, while most chinese con

Japan opened its society and culture to Western influences, while China continued to resist any outside influence on its customs and beliefs.

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.

the court ruled that a state law that banned abortions (except to save the life of the mother) was unconstitutional

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