Unit 1: World Power: Unitied States of America

Question 1

Name a way the US has political influence

Answer 1

• Leading member of G7
• The 7 wealthiest countries in the world
• Opportunity to expand trades and economic ties
• Joe Biden went in 2021 to Cornwall

Question 2

Name ways the US has military influence

Answer 2

• Leading power of the NATO military alliance
• An alliance in which a lot of the worlds countries come together in order to defend eachother
• Many influential countries including UK, Canada and Germany
• Contributes a large amount of troops, resources and finances

Question 3

Name ways the US has economic influence on the world

Answer 3

The US is the worlds leading economic power

It has tremendous wealth in comparison to other countries

It has many of the world’s countries using its currency

It has a GDP of over 21 trillion dollars

Question 4

What are pull factors of immigration in the US? (D)

Answer 4

• Democracy
• People have a say in how their country is run
• They can vote for their representatives in government
• In November 2020, Americans elected Joe Biden to be the country’s 46th President

Question 5

What are pull factors of immigration in the US? (C)

Answer 5

• Capitalism
• Set up their own businesses
• They can own and control their own company free of government control
• Elon Musk is at the top of the USA’s rich list and is worth 187.9 billion dollars

Question 6

What are pull factors of immigration in the US? (R)

Answer 6

• Rights
• The American Constitution guarantees Americans certain basic rights
• Some of these rights are enshrined in a part of the Constitution named the Bill of Rights
• People are guaranteed freedom of speech

Question 7

Name an arguments for immigration. (C)

Answer 7

• Cheap labour
• Vital to keep the US economy going
• Willing to do low paid jobs - better than what they had anyway
• Texas and California have a lot of immigrants working on farming

Question 8

Name an arguments for immigration. (Y)

Answer 8

• Young and Active
• Most come into the US to live the American Dream
• They are willing to work hard in order to live a better life
• Immigrants contribute $30 billlion a year to the country’s economy

Question 9

Name an argument against immigration.

Answer 9

• Unskilled and uneducated
• Many have a low level of education and are, therefore, only able to do basic low paid jobs.
• They end up taking more out of the system than they pay in tax.
• For example, it’s estimated that around £30 billion is spent on education, health and welfare for illegal immigrants.

Question 10

Name a government response to immigration. (D)

Answer 10

• DACA
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals which is an American immigration policy founded by the Obama administration in June 2012.
• allows certain undocumented immigrants - who entered the country as children - to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and eligibility for a work permit.
• In April 2023, President Biden announced a plan to expand health coverage for DACA recipients

Question 11

Name a government response to immigration. (T)

Answer 11

• Trumps Wall
• President Trump (2017-20) set out to build a “impenetrable, physical, tall” wall between the US and Mexico
• Mr Trump said his wall would cover 1,000 miles and natural obstacles will take care of the rest.
• This wall wasn’t completed before Trump lost the 2020 presidential election

Question 12

Name a government response to immigration. (B)

Answer 12

• Border Security
• The United States Border Patrol is the mobile, uniformed law enforcement arm of the US Customs and Border Protection within the department of Homeland security.
• This department is responsible for securing US borders.
• In 2022, US Border Control reported 2.76 million encounters with migrants at the US-Mexico border

Question 13

Name a US political branch. (L)

Answer 13

• Legislative
• The house of representatives and the senate
• Main duty is to make laws in which are passed to the President for approval
• In 2015, ESSA was introduced in the senate by Lamar Alexander

Question 14

Name a US political branch. (J)

Answer 14

• Judicial branch
• The supreme court which is the highest court in the US
• It is made up of 9 justices which are appointed for life by a president
• In recent years it has ruled in important issues such as health care immigration and same sex marriage

Question 15

Name a US political branch. (E)

Answer 15

• Executive
• The president and vice president
• Has a variety of powers that the president can use
• Joe Biden is the Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces

Question 16

Name a US political right. (S)

Answer 16

• Freedom of speech
• Americans have a right to express their opinions including criticising the government
• They are responsible to not lie or make deliberately offensive comments
• Hollywood actor Robert De Niro called president Trump (at the time) “blatantly stupid”

Question 17

Name a US political right. (A)

Answer 17

• Freedom of assembly
• Americans come together to support what they believe in
• They have responsibility to protest peacefully without using violence
• BLM resulted from George Floyd’s death

Question 18

Name a US political right. (V)

Answer 18

• Vote
• Citizens over 18 can vote in elections if they are registered
• They can use their vote and accept the outcome of it
• 2020 election Joe Biden won as a result of millions of citizens voting for him

Question 19

Name a way in which US citizens can participate in US politics. (S)

Answer 19

• Standing for election
• American Citizens can stand for election to office
• Could be elected for President, Senator or state governor
• Alexandria Ocasico-Cortez was elected as Congresswoman for New York

Question 20

Name a way in which US citizens can participate in US politics. (P)

Answer 20

• Joining a political party
• Join a party like the Democrats or Republicans
• Can help out in a electoral campaign
• Hand out leaflets

Question 21

Name a way in which US citizens can participate in US politics. (I)

Answer 21

• Joining an interest group
• A group of likeminded individuals who comparing about a certain issue
• They try to influence government decision making
• Members of interest groups may take part in protests or organise campaigns to publicise their issue

Question 22

Name a group which is underrepresented in US politics. (W)

Answer 22

• Women
• There isn’t a balance between their percentage of the population and percentage in US congress
• There is a sexism in of woman involved with politics in the USA
• The 118th Congress only had 29% of its congress members as woman

Question 23

Name a group which is underrepresented in US politics. (E)

Answer 23

• Ethnic Minorities
• Lack of ethnic minorities involved in congress compared to there percentage of population
• There isn’t much diversity in congress and is dominated by older white men
• Hispanics make up 17% of the US population yet only 10% of congress

Question 24

Name a social inequality. (H)

Answer 24

• Health
• Americans have a private health care system meaning that those with money have the opportunity to be healthier than poor Americans
• Unlike the UK, they don’t have a NHS that is free to use
• In 2022, 9.9% of the population had no health insurance

Question 25

Name a social inequality. (E)

Answer 25

• Education
• Within US schools, the quality of education pupils receive from public schools can be extremely different from one school to another
• Traditionally, minority groups live in poorer areas, with less funding for schools.
• Language can be a barrier meaning parents who don’t speak english will struggle to communicate to the school about their child’s learning and homework

Question 26

Name an economic inequality. (P)

Answer 26

• Poverty and income
• Despite being the richest county, it has a major problem with poverty.
• Millions of Americans work hard at jobs that do not sustain them and their families financially.
• Shockingly, the US has a poverty rate of almost 11.6% (37.9 million people)

Question 27

Name Government Responses to social inequalities (H)

Answer 27

• Medicaid
• for people on low income including children, pregnant women and disabled people
• Family of 4 with a yearly income of 35000 dollars yearly would be eligible
• CHIP
• For children who don’t qualify for medicaid but whose family isn’t wealthy
• 4 person family making less than 103000 dollars yearly

Question 28

Name a government response to social inequalities (E)

Answer 28

• ESSA
• Makes sure public schools give quality education for every child
• Helps out poverty, ethnic minorities, special education services and language barriers
• A child with a language barrier would be aided by ESSA as it would provide support

Question 29

Name a government response to an economic inequality. (S)

Answer 29

• SNAP
• Provides a 125 dollar a month debit card (money for each member) in can only be spent on food
• The debit card only works in pre approved stores
• It reaches over 44 million Americans a year

Question 30

What percentage of hispanics make up the total US population compared to the % of Congress

Answer 30

• 17% of US population
• 10% of Congress

Question 31

What percentage of congress is woman?

Answer 31

29% in the 118tg Congress