PLEASE HELP ME ASAP I'M BEING TIMED In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Japan and respectfully requested the Japanese government to open its ports to trade and allow American ships to refuel and take on supplies during their voyages between China and California, where Japan felt there would not be any negative repercussions for their country if they chose not to comply.

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The political cartoon below was drawn by thomas nast in 1871: a political cartoon shows a heavy set man with a long nose and a beard in a suit and vest. he is smoking a cigar and has a menacing expression. he leans against a large box that says, in counting there is strength. on top of that box is a smaller container labeled, the ballot. dialogue under the cartoon reads, thats whats the matter. boss tweed, as long as i count the votes, what are you going to do about it? say? public domain what issue does this cartoon address?