AccelePrep for the ACT Test 2nd Edition Student Text

254 • P OWER U P ! T HE E XCLUSIVE C AMBRIDGE S AMPLE E XAM Most notably, the new constitution doled out the authority to rule, rather than giving all the authority to the emperor. The constitution was modeled after both British and American rule and, while it maintained the position of emperor, the emperor acted as a symbol rather than the source of government authority, much like the queen of England. The new democratic value system was 47 47 48 48 acceptable by many teachers, students, intellectuals, 49 and old liberals, and it was not immediately 50 embraced by the society as a whole. Japanese traditions were dominated by group values, and notions of personal freedom and individual rights 51 51 being unfamiliar. The support of then-Emperor Hirohito was instrumental in the acceptance of this new system. The Emperor publicly rejected the common belief that the emperor was divine. He also helped end debates over the proposed constitution by supporting the model US leaders proposed. Today, the triumph of democratic processes 52 53

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