At the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, the Japanese Government

question 59

Multiple Choice

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Japanese government was actively promoting emigration to the Americas for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• A) Alleviate its surplus rural population
• B) Increase the size of its rural population
• C) Declining agricultural prices in rural areas
• D) Increasing unemployment in rural areas

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