Based on what you know, why were most major cities in the North?

The US South's economy was destroyed by the civil war, and they were a mostly agricultural society, which meant that they were pretty spread out into small towns and farm. While the North was a more factory and manufacturing based economy, which meant that they built up around factories and could be more compact then a massive cotton farm.

Explanation:

i believe we're not a republic so that is a hard question

fearing kabuki could corrupt the nation’s morals, japanese government officials

explanation:

the national morals was so the japanese and the kabuki would stop fighting