Why did the meiji government have to get rid of the samurai class in order to modernise/industrialise?

congress failed to remove johnson. but it did succeed in getting control of efforts to re-build the south following america's civil war. radical republicans wanted to punish the south for starting the war. they also wanted to be sure new governments in the southern states would support the republican party.

answer; ///i do believe that the correct answer for the above is ( which states would be free and which states would have check first good