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Why did the tokugawa shogunate close japan to foreign influence?

"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.

By the year 1900 new york city had more than just people of british heritage. there were more people of italian descent than the cities of florence, genoa and venice put together. it was home to more irish than dublin (the capital of ireland) and more germans than hamburg. joining them were many thousands of people of polish, hungarian, and czech descent. what term best describes new york cities changing culture? a a pot of chili b a bowl of sugar c a cup of coffee d a slice of cheese