Check my answer?

which factor enabled japan to pursue a policy of isolationism in the seventeenth century?
(my answer is the ***)

a. as a series of islands, japan did not share borders with other countries

b. korea and japan forged and alliance, which deterred interactions with other countries

c. monsoons made japanese seas impassible most of the year

***d. the emperor centralized power, giving him control of trade and military forces.

D. The emperor's centralized power, giving him control of trade and military forces. Coming after the period of "warring states" and great economic and cultural trade with both Portugal and Spain, the shogun of the Tokugawa (the last military government the Japan had) chose to isolate the the archipelago from outside influence, believing that the colonial and religious influence of the Iberian countries was a treat to the stability of the shogunate and the peace in the Japanese Islands.

the answer for 3 is b and the answer for 4 is d

the  equal rights amendment  (era) states: "equality  of  rights  under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex." congress first introduced the era in 1923, but the campaign for ratification took off in the 1960s during the  civil rightsmovement.