By the nineteenth century education and industrialization became the focus of Japan but the way of the warrior was strong and the class system was stricktly enforced with the samurai as the most important social class.

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The statement concerns Meiji-era Japan and makes two claims that need separate checking.
Option 1: 'True' — Interpreting it as all parts being accurate would require that the samurai remained the top social class with a strictly enforced caste system during the push for education and industrialization. In reality, while education and industrialization were indeed central to Meiji reforms, the social order underwent rapid changes that weakened the samurai’s privileged status. The government abolished many feudal privileges, created a new peerage (kazoku) that included former samurai but redefined rank, and established universal conscription (1873), which diminished the military monopoly of the samurai and promoted a more merit-based, modern state structure. Thus, the claim that the samurai remained the most important class with a strictly enforced hierarchy is inaccurate.
Option 2: 'False' — This answer recognizes that although the era emphasized education and industrialization, the social hierarchy was not strictly maintained in the way the statement describes; reforms undermined the old class system and reduced samurai dominance. The Meiji government promoted modernization while simultaneously displacing the old feudal order rather than preserving it as described. 
In summary, the historical record shows a shift away from an entrenched samurai-dominated hierarchy toward a broader, more centralized modern state, making the statement as written misleading.

Fall 2025 DANC 301-54 10102 Japan and Korea quiz

By the nineteenth century education and industrialization became the focus of Japan but the way of the warrior was strong and the class system was stricktly enforced with the samurai as the most important social class.

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