The main reason why Congress worked to keep a balance between the number of slaveholding states and free states is because they wanted to avoid war breaking out between the North and the South. They tried to do this through a series of compromises that ultimately failed.
The answer is a. Trade with other Asian nations
was a large reason for industrialization in Japan. Japan was now
entering a phase of modernization. It
was now making a shift to trade with other countries to boost its economy.
His accomplishments is technology
I assume the answer is true. There would have to be more trade, it comes with industrialization. Sorry I couldn't help more!