Question

Which three of the following reforms occurred during Japan’s Meiji era?

Answer 1

The best answers are, A. Creation of a legislature with two houses,                     D. Government support to develop industry E. Science courses stressed in schools.

The Meiji Restoration period of Japan's history produced many great reforms following the decline of the Tokugawa Shogun. Some of these included a government system that was highly centralized, bureaucratic and designed with a legislature divided into two houses filled with elected Parliament officials. In order to support Japan's economic and industrial development, the Meiji period also saw government support for industry including a transportation and communication system to service the state. The Meiji administration also advocated for education, open to all, freed from the feudal restrictions of previous decades.