Which statement best describes the effects of Japan’s Meiji Restoration?

The Meiji Restoration began in 1868, when Japan’s new leaders worked to strengthen the country by modernizing its government, military, industry, and economy. Japan also opened itself to foreign ideas and technology, so it did not isolate its people from outside influences. Expansion and the attack on the United States happened later, not as the best description of the Restoration itself.

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