Which of the following statements best demonstrates how confucianism influenced everyday life under prince shotoku's reign?

a. families were expected to be able to govern themselves.
b. people did not believe that a government should be centralized.
c. ancestors were considered sacred and should be worshiped.
d. children were expected to obey their parents in early japan.

"neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the united states, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." - the thirteenth amendment to the united states constitution, 1865 which statement describes the effect that the thirteenth amendment had on american society? a) male freedmen were given the right to vote. b) slavery was made illegal in the united states. c) ex-slaves were given united states citizenship. d) southern states were no longer allowed to use convicts as labor.