I would go with the answer E). Just because slavery ended years ago doesn't mean that's its still over even to this day, it use to be about gender as well back than where women couldn't vote but no one cares about that today, the things people care about is race because as the famous quote someone said, humans hate what they don't understand, so most races don't understand why people are all different, so they want to hate them since they don't understand and also get higher authority as well, but to get back to topic race is the most common thing today that encourages people to leave and migrate cause they might not feel welcome.
They mostly developed because men did most of the work. Agrarian societies required hard work and toiling out in the field while pastoralism required people to take care of numerous animals at once and these animals often needed human strength and speed. Thanks to this, men were the ones who did those jobs and since they were valued more than taking care of the household, gender inequality originated.
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US navy grows in size and power.
US gains control of territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
US issues Open Door Policy, which allows all nations to trade with China.