it got him a step further ahead
The actual right answers are
1. He was a puppet of the shogun
2. The shogunate feared European powers might eventually try to control japan.
See, your question has some grammatical structure problems, but I think I know what you're asking for.
I will reword your question and answer it to the best of my abilities.
Anything that is about government affairs or how to run a nation is political.
What's about history, how people lived, or social matters is usually cultural.
<span>Which is cultural and which is political (assuming you're referring to those titles listed below)?:
</span><span>In the Navy: A Record of the Navy from 1775 to 1875-- Political
Sculptures of the Late Qing Dynasty-- Cultural
The Social Impact of Literature from the Age of Enlightenment-- Cultural
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<span>Henry IV versus Pope Gregory VII: Who Could Appoint Church Officials?-- Political
The American Revolution: Growing Tensions Between America and Britain-- Political
The Influences of the Star Wars Movies on American Society-- Cultural </span><span>
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Both The US, UK, and USSR knew that annexing the the Nazi heartland in Berlin would end the war within the European theatre through and allied victory. Early in 1945, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt agreed to meet to discuss the postwar political environment of Europe. Even though they agreed to separate Berlin into separate zones, both the US and USSR feared one another's influence would be stronger over postwar Europe (as the UK would not be as dominant a power due to exhaustion from the war). Therefore, it was a race for both sides to reach Berlin first, as it was believed the first to get there would have a stronger influence over the events following Germany's loss in WWII
