Andrew Jackson lost the election of 1824 because the constitution directed that the election had to be decided by Congress.<span> Henry Clay, one of the candidates, gave his support to John Quincy Adams, another candidate, and Adams won the Congressional vote. </span>
<span>in closed meetings, by a small group of privileged citizens</span>
Japan was able to occupy areas in China, Korea, Thailand, and the islands that make up the Indonesia. These islands were controlled at that time by the Netherlands until Japan invaded. The United States and Great Britain were also threatened because Japan was attacking islands in the South Pacific like the Midway Islands and Hawaiian Islands that belonged to these nations. These <span>world superpowers were not going to relinquish their holdings to the Japanese.
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~ erudite</span>
One way in which the rule of Peter the Great in Russia and the rule of Emperor Meiji in Japan are similar is that both leaders "<span>(3) encouraged modernization," since both nations in many ways wanted to "catch up" with the western world. </span>
In general, "<span>d. an area free from warfare</span>" is not essential in building a new civilization, since in order to build a civilization in the first place you need a surplus of food and warfare is almost inevitable.
