During the meiji period, japan began building an empire, as europe had done. wars with china and russia at the turn of the 20th century led to japanese control over which country?

The Japanese were mainly focused on fighting with China during this time, and their victory over China eventually led to Japan's control of Taiwan, along with some other smaller territories.

No , abraham lincoln is elected 16th president of the united states over a deeply divided democratic party, becoming the first republican to win the presidency . lincoln receive 40 % of the popular vote handily defeated three other candidates