This provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities, poor mother with dependent children, and the needy elderly.

indigenous people north and south were displaced, died of disease, and were killed by europeans through slavery, rxpe, and war. in 1491, about 145 million people lived in the western hemisphere. by 1691, the population of indigenous americans had declined by 90-95 percent, or by around 130 million people."

social status of early civilizations was based primarily on economic power.- true ( first choice)