7/4 Multiply 4x 1 =4 + 3 = 7/4
The four main causes were: militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism - or as an acronym, M-A-I-N (this made it much easier for me to remember the causes)
The Japanese believed that the most honorable thing to do was to die in battle, and the most dishonorable thing to do was surrender. The Americans would surrender, while the Japanese would fight to the last man.
B) A small group of citizens controlled things.
The definition of Oligarchy is "<span>a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution."</span>
When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, the US contained fifteen free and fifteen slave states. Controversy surrounded all of the proposed solutions to the problem of slavery in the territories. Additionally, northerners railed against the legality of slavery in the District of Columbia, and southerners, in turn, complained of northern failure to comply with the Fugitive Slave Law. All of these issues had to be resolved if new states were to enter the Union.
