It was the CSS Virginia that was the Confederacy's first ironclad vessel, built on the hull of the Union ship, USS Merrimack, although it turned out to not be terribly useful in wartime
Answer: Not very effective considering the federal government was not powerful enough under it. It gave states far too much power which ultimately made laws not as enforced.
Japan's reforms from 1868 to 1912 enabled the country to grow stronger economically, develop its own resources and force an end to unfair treaties. They did not deal with the west on equal terms.
A federal judge ruled about Japanese relocation 40 years after the fact, in 1986, that it was overall an unconstitutional action on part of the Roosevelt Administration.
