Wilma Mankiller was the first woman Chief to serve for the Cherokee nation in 1985. She had been an advocate for the Cherokee nation for numerous years before taking the role as the primary Chief.
She fought and got the Cherokee education and health care reform. She would stay the primary Chief until 1995 when she became ill and suffered from several health issues. She was still a dedicated activist for the Cherokee nation up until she passed away in 2010. She is remembered as the person who changed the government and helped the Cherokee to transform.
The German attack on RMS Lusitania and sinking of the same ship by a submarine caused Americans to join the war. This is just simply put of course, there were many other reasons.
Concerning this era, there are several themes which we learn in the American Indian literature. Among these we have the Indian ceremonial chants and oratory, the influence of christianity, ethnicity and racism.
After WW2, Japan went through a rebuilding phase through post- WW2 to the Cold War ending. With the help of America supplying aid to Japan, in hopes of slowing the spread of communism westward, the US rebuilt japan in a sort of Democratic form of a nation, thus resulting in one of the wealthiest nations in the world.