Some ways of getting involved are:
-voting (here for the experience, ask yourself if you have the right to vote? does your family vote? your friends?
-participating in political campaigns (do you know anyway that participated in a campaign? You can also do it unofficially, for example even by posting Facebook posts about a candidate!)
-belonging to a party - do you know anyone in a political party?
The question asks about your personal experience so I can only give you tips how to answer this about yourself!
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Religion because I just learned about this last week and the book said that religion was the center of life
Answer:
The answer would have to be; secret police arrest and punish people who opposed the government.
Explanation:
The reason for this is because they suffer from massive economic downturn during the Great depression, there was a growing fastest movement and they did enjoy territory expansion into Asia.