Societies are faced with these three basic questions because of the limited resources we have in the world to produce the items people want but don't need.
Natives had been pushed continually West as whites pursued more land for crops and as the American population as a whole expanded. Natives contracted diseases from whites. Also, many Americans tried to force what they perceived as "civilization" (Christianity, English language, Capitalism, agriculture, formal education, decreased importance of women, American dress, etc.) upon Natives.
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Women were empowered by their newly discovered potential for equality and continued to sustain their prominence. Japan's post WWII occupation changed gender roles through legal and social reforms
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives