Which of the following is true of the Meiji system?

A. The only change introduced by the Meiji system was the replacement of the
emperor with the shogun.
B. Japan's leaders sharpened the hierarchical distinctions among the people according
to their inherited status.
C. The constitution gave everyone the right to vote, regardless of their position and
status.
D. It instituted a centralized state in which national bureaucrats served as the principal
policymakers.
E. The imperial bureaucracy chose the leaders of the cabinet.

D

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a. won the 2006 presidential election by the largest margin in the history of Mexican politics. b. took office despite a court decision ruling that he was not entitled to assume the presidency. c. launched programs to create new jobs and stem the flow of migration to the U.S., and promised to fight poverty and corruption. d. promised to eliminate drug gangs by the end of his administration by mobilizing the Mexican military.

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