They are alike insofar that they both deal with with people from minorities and and the discrimination against people who were not of European descent. In Mendez v. Westminster it was about Mexican American people while in the Magnuson Act it was about the Chinese American population and discrimination against them.
Answer:
Governments accross history have used different measures to fulfill several aspects of a government.
Explanation:
Some governments have been more libertarian, in the sense that they are smaller, levy less taxes, and provide less services, leaving the provision of most services to private entities in the free market.
Other governments have taken a more active role: levying higher taxes, imposing more regulations, and providing more services. These are governments in the social democratic tradition, for example.
It would be the second or third option for the forest question and the Missouri compromise for the second question