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1. Two groups in Japan disagreed on how to respond to foreign pressure to open trade. One group wanted to open up to Western influence to become more powerful, while the other wanted to isolate Japan and expel foreigners. 2. Civil unrest grew as bad harvests impoverished farmers in the mid-1800s. Support for the ruling Tokugawa shogunate declined as people questioned the government. 3. Samurai activists rallied around restoring power to the Emperor instead of the shogunate. They used the slogan "Revere

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