Japan was the last of the Axis powers.
Japan was not going to surrender anytime soon.
Sending American troops to mainland Japan would cost lifes and a lot of money.
America still hates and fears Japan for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Answer : Autocracy . An autocracy is a government system in which the ruler has absolute power.
The British had tons of internal and domestic problems to face their own, so basically from the beginning (early 1600's) they entered into a period of salutary neglect (where they didn't enforce their own laws)
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A shortage of crops/food would have killed off the soldiers mostly, devastating the southern states. I hope this helped!
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