Question

What were some of the changes brought to Japan during the Meiji Restoration?(1 point)

A) Economic changes included moving the Japanese economy away from manufacturing toward agriculture. Social changes included the promotion of Western European and American culture. Political changes included the making of a constitution and the founding of a parliament.

B) Economic changes included moving the Japanese economy away from agriculture toward manufacturing. Social changes included the promotion of Russian and Chinese culture. Political changes included the making of a constitution and the founding of a parliament.

C) Economic changes included moving the Japanese economy away from agriculture toward manufacturing. Social changes included the promotion of Western European and American culture. Political changes included dissolving parliament and the constitution.

D) Economic changes included moving the Japanese economy away from agriculture toward manufacturing. Social changes included the promotion of Western European and American culture. Political changes included the making of a constitution and the founding of a parliament.

Answer 1

D

The Meiji era pushed industrialization (agriculture → manufacturing), adopted Western European/American cultural and institutional models, and produced the Meiji Constitution (1889) and the Imperial Diet (parliament).