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Summarize Japan's social and economic development from the Meiji…

- - - - economic system has shattered
        
        resulted in a sudden rise in the crime rate. Theft, burglary and felony became common occurrences.
  - - - Many schools were closed down or understaffed. Professional education was no longer a priority.
  - - - Average family incomes dropped 40 percent from $2,300 in 1929 to $1,500 in 1933. That's like having income fall from $32,181 to $20,988
- - - - Former samurais are allowed to become farmers, business owners, and trades people.
    - - Improved living standards
      - Lower discrimination between social classes
      - Freedom to practice any religion
    - - Farmers need to pay a 3% land tax
    - - Japanese's parliament (diet) was given privilege to choose Japan's prime minister.
      - All men over 25 had the right to vote.
- - - - Japanese textiles dominated the home markets and competed successfully with British products in China and India.
- - - - A prosperous economy
    - - The Prime Minister was previously chosen by the emperor, but then shifted to the people choosing the Prime Minister
        
        Developing to democray
    - - Although Japan was a relatively powerful country at the 1920s, it didn't suffer like western countries (e.g Britain & France) who fell into an economy slump
        
        Japan dominated British markets after Britain's economic slump
  - - - The Great depression lead to large amount of people who lost their jobs and affected the trading
        
        Japan's economy declined with the rest of the world
    - - low economic growth
      - mild deflation
      - unsettled financial system.