Answer:b. prevented Japan from having or using an army.
Answer: The statement here is absolutely correct.
Explanation: In order to understand that why this answer is correct, I will provide you with a little insight of the history. The term vassal originated with the emergence of feudalism in the middle ages, at that time all the land was the possession of the ruling Aristocrat. The Aristocrat will reward their lands to vassals expecting that they will protect the Aristocrat in return. Whenever, some vassal will fight for the Aristocrat, the Aristocrat will provide him with a land and expect him to protect the the Aristocrat for rest of his life.
Explanation:
The cities of Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Baltimore, and New York City had some of the biggest increases in the early part of the twentieth century. Tens of thousands of blacks were recruited for industrial jobs, such as positions related to the expansion of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
In the early 1790’s France and Britain were the world powers trying to control most commerce from and to their far away colonies. George Washington decided that the United States would not take sides and would remain neutral. When the U.S and Britain ratified the Jay Treaty in 1796, a treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, the French government was highly unsatisfied with the agreement as it gave Britain the most favored nation trading status. France reacted by seizing U.S. merchant ships in the West Indies and by refusing to receive Charles C. Pinckney, who replaced Monroe, as U.S. Ambassador to France. Facing arrest Pinckney had to flee to the Netherlands.
John Adams wanted to avoid a full scale war with France opposing his own Federalist Party that under the direction of Alexander Hamilton used these events to turn U.S. citizens against France. Most of the impact of the XYZ affair was in domestic politics, as it was used as a tool for the opposition.
So your final answer is FALSE.