Lacked status and poor conditions--Tokugawa Japan was a feudal system where commoners were unable to work up or gain status in the country.
Tokugawa Japan was a period of military rule in Japan where land owners and samurai had power and control in the country. Peasants and merchants were taxed heavily and were unable to work up in the system.
Merchants were particularly attacked during the Tokugawa rule as they represented western culture and influence. The shogun isolated Japan and close the borders so western influence could not change the Japanese system. This would stay this way until the 1800s when Japan would bring in a new government which would be merchant-focused.
Totalitarianism! This is essentially a dictatorship in which the power of the government (typically a single person and a few trusted advisors) have absolute power over the people.
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B. Republicans had gained power in the Senate
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