Which of the following best explains why japan quickly built up its military in the late 1800s?

a. western imperial powers controlled large parts of asia.

b. neighboring korea was a strong country and had a large military.

c. the meiji government wanted to make eastern russia a japanese colony.

d. commodore mathew perry attacked japanese ports in the 1850s.

A. Western imperial powers controlled large parts of Asia.

Explanation:

The Meji government quickly saw that most asia was conquered and controlled by western powers, and that its neighbors had failed to see the conquering coming and failed to defend themselves from colonization, when they saw that reality they started to increase and invest in their military, this added up to the difficulties to reach japan and the harsh of the geography made them virtually unbeatable.

. political or economical policy that isolates a country from participating in international relationships. it has been suggested that the united states participates in isolationism because of its lack of involvement in particular wars or alliances.

the emancipation proclamation was the aim of the war change to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the union. the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the u.s. was passed on december 6th 1865.

as promised, lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so with success from the union military advance. on september 22nd 1862, after a victory at antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of january 1st 1863.