Stalin gained control over the Communist Party by A) purging people he thought were a threat.
B) preventing elections within the party.
C) making promises of rewards and titles to people.
D) using the popular vote of the people.

Answer: tokugawa ieyasu (徳川家康, january 31, 1543 – june 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the tokugawa shogunate of japan, which effectively ruled japan from the battle of sekigahara in 1600 until the meiji restoration in 1868.