Which explains the decline of japan’s isolationism?

The immediate reaction of the Japanese people to end the isolation was to be angry and they saw it as a sign that the Shogun was weak, causing a civil war. There were also external pressures that led Japan to make the decision to end the isolation, as: many countries wanted to trade with Japan, Commodore Perry and the United States offer promises. Also internal pressures such as: natural catastrophes that make rice scarce, causing hunger and death with riots in the city.

the effect of the ming leaders banning ships with more than two masts was that there was no further construction of ships masts, because there was a surplus. ming emperors disallowed foreign exploration

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according to the passage the most suitable options are two. the first one is "by leading the aef to victory in several key battles" like the battle of saint- mihiel and the battle of cantigny mentioned in the passage you copied here. the second one is "by the aef and allied forces defeat germany" since the passage says that his army destroy the german resistance in the meuse- argonne offensive. and also, "by insisting that the aef operate as an independent force".

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