What is the proper relationship between government and the people? Include examples from the late 1800's & early 1900's
with Imperialism, the Progressive Era, and World War I.
With evidence

they were unable to pay their debts

the east coast has nothing to do with the dust bowl, the dust bowl killed a full year's worth of crops in seconds, and with the dust on the land, the land would be worthless.   furthermore the farmers couldn't  get  out of their houses due to the dust so when the bank came to collect money, farmers couldn't  pay it

i would say your answer is a)

sorry if im wrong

i believe it was the shinto

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they liv