I think it may be: Crime and corrections, Education, and Economy. Hope this helps!
They should because they are the ones that pass the laws. They should have a more active role, and know more about what is happening around them so they can make better choices.
They couldn’t really do anything until US troops managed to push the Germans back and rescue the living from concentration camps.
Well, it did affect the population, because at first California did not have that many people, and during the gold rush, many people from across the world moved to California