USA Flashcards

-Participation,Influence,Responses,branches of the government,overepresentation,social inequality,rights

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USA-PARTICIPATION PEE
VOTING

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VOTE-citizens can register to vote and choose the best candidate who will represent their views this can be a president, senator, and police chief
FOR EXAMPLE -Biden was voted president in 2020

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USA-PARTICIPATION PEE
PROTESTING

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PROTEST-citizens have the right to participate through protesting meaning that they can raise awareness for a cause through social media, marching, protest rallies, or writing letters to politicians
FOR EXAMPLE- the BLM protest has 15 million participants making it the biggest protest in American history

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USA-PARTICIPATION
JOIN A PARTY DURING CAMPAIGN

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P-American citizens can join a party,
E-that citizens can become involved in the election campaign
E-45million Americans are members of the Democrat party

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USA PARTICIPATION PEE
DURING ELECTION USA CITIZENS CAN REGISTER

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P-US citizens can register to vote during the election season meaning they are taking part in politics and are registering to have their say
E-in 2022 161.42 million people registered to vote

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USA-INFLUENCE ON OTHER COUNTRIES PEE
ECONOMIC-MONEY TO UKRAINE

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P-MONEY TO UKRAINE
E-cash to support the war by buying weapons, paying soldiers, and fuel,medical supplies.
EXAMPLE-Us has given 75 billion dollars to President Zelenskiy

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USA-INFLUENCE ON CONTRIES PEE
ECONOMIC-RUSSIA

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point-the US goverment have put tariffs on on russian products,frozen russian bank accounts and placed sanctions on russia
explain-the reason for this to try get russia to stop its attack on ukraine by removing goods etc
example-1000 us businesses left russia eg-mcdonalds,Pepsi,amazon and starbucks

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USA-INFLUENCE ON OTHER CONTRIES PEE
ECONOMIC-DONOR

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point-the US is the biggest donor to the un
explain-this is to show the dominance and power they have as a country as without their donations the UN could crumble therefore creating a permanent space for the USA within the UN
example-$11 billion of the USAs donation make up 1/5 of the budget from the un out of 193 members making them the biggest donor

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USA-INFLUENCE ON OTHER COUNTRIES PEE
POLITICALLY-REFUGEES

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TAKING IN REFUGEES, the us supports people affected by war and famine in other countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, or Ukraine EXAMPLE-USA promised to rehome 30000 Afghanistan in 2021

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USA-INFLUENCE ON OTHER COUNTRIES POLITICALLY PEE
SECURITY COUNCIL

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SECURITY COUNCIL-1/8 permanent members’ right to veto. allies UK support us but often Russia and China veto USA
EXAMPLE- The us was vetoed by Russia when trying to stop North Korea from expanding its nuclear weapon

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USA-INFLUENCES ON OTHER COUNTRIES POLITICALLY
NATO

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P-The us are the founding members of NATO
E-this means they have more say and are extremely influential
E-they encouraged its nato allies to give their US ad F-16 jets to Ukraine

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USA-RESPONSES TO INEQUALITY SOCIAL PEES
SNAP

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SNAP-Tackles food poverty giving people a preloaded credit card to use on food items in supermarkets but not on alcohol or cigarettes. A family of 4 gets $1000 a month to use in their state
Example-1/8 americains are on SNAP

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USA-RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INEQUALITY PEES
OBAMACARE

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P-one response to social inequality would be ObamaCare
E-Providing low income households with affordable health insurance
E-16 million signed up in 2023

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USA-RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INEQUALITY PEES
ESSA

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P-one response to social inequality in the us is ESSA (every students success act)
E-THis is to make sure public schools provide a quality education for all kids
E-STATISTA 2020 DROP OUT RATE BLACK SAME AS WHITE 4%

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USA RESPONSES TO INEQUALITY PEE ECONOMIC-MINIUNM WAGE

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P-one response to the ecmonomic inequalities in america have been changing the minimum wage
E-Biden has campaigned for all states to pay a minimum of $16 per hour to lift people out of poverty rather than the current $7.25.
E-Washington DC pays $16 per hour and Walmart, Target, and Costco have also met Biden’s campaign.

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USA RESPONSES TO INEQUALITY PEE ECONOMIC-TANIF

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P-TANIF
E-temorary assistance for family of lowincome by providing job opputunitys and training for extra cash
E-Black unemployment rate 2022 was at 6% compared to white people at 3% (doubled)

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USA RESPONSES TO INEQUALITY PEE ECONOMIC-COVID VACCINCES FOR FEDRAL WORKERS

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P-COVID VACCINES ROLE OUT FOR FEDERAL WORKERS
E-this means that the government has set a target of vaccines to be given out to get federal workers back to their jobs
E-5000 troops were sent by Joe Biden to administer vaccines

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BRANCHES OF THE GOVERMENT
PEE-EXECUTIVE

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P-exceutive branch of government has the president and vote
E-commander in chief of army,nominates apponates, proposes legislations,must sign every congress bill for it to become a law.
E-2021 democrats biden and harris 51% of votes in election

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BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT
PEE-JUDICIAL

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P-one branch of the government is the judicial branch
E-The judicial branch has 11 supreme court judges who serve for life and protect the constitution
E-biden nominated ketanji brown jackson in the court

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USA-OVERREPRESENTATION IN THE US GOVERNMENT
CAN BE SWITCHED TO OVERREPRESENTED)
older people

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point-one group overrepresented in us government is older people
explain this means that the politicians involved in the US government are more likely to be old than young therefore causing a difference in opinion as well as them being much more rich and wealthy
example-Its a requirement that you must be 35 to run a president and 18 to have a say in voting

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USA-OVERREPRESENTATION IN THE US GOVERNMENT
(CAN BE SWITCHED TO OVERREPRESENTED
MEN

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explain-one group overrepresented in the us government is men
Example-this means that men are more likely to be voted in than women therefore not giving enough representation towards women in government(less family commitments, less fear of sexism
example- the only ever female presidential candidate was Hillary Clinton in 2016

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USA-OVERREPRESENTATION IN THE US GOVERNMENT
(CAN BE SWITCHED TO OVERREPRESENTED)
WHITE PEOPLE

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explain-one group of people overrepresented in the US government is white people
explain-due to extreme amounts of racism in the us a white politician being voted in is much more likely than a black person
Example-85% of republicans members are white

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TYPES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY
EDUCATION

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P-ONE TYPE OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN AMERICA IS EDUCATION
E-PARTICULARY IN AREAS THAT HAVE HIGHER POPULATIONS OF WHITE RICH NEIGHBOURHOODS HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION AS THEY ARE FULLY FUNDED BY THE GOVERMENT
E-DROP OUT RATE WHITE(3%) VS HISPANIC (7%)

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TYPES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY
HEALTH

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P-HEALTH
E-PEOPLE OF ETHNIC MINORITY ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE NO HEALTH INSURANCE THAN WHITE PEOPLE
E-6/10 AMERICANS WITH NO HEALTH INSURANCE ARE ETHNIC MINORITY​

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TYPES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY
CRIME

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P-CRIME
E-ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE MOE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN HIGH CRIME RATE DUE TO THE AREA AND PEOPLE AROUND THEM SOCIALLY
E-2/3 BLACK MEN DEAD, DISABLED OR JAILED BY AGE 30​

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TYPES OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
UNEMPLOYMENT

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P-UNEMPLOYEMENT
E-UNEMPLOYEMNT WITHIN ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE HIGHER THAN THOSE WHO ARE WHITE AND LIVING IN RICHER AREAS
E-BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS DOUBLE WHITES 6% VS 3%​

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TYPES OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
INCOME

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P-INCOME
E-ANNUAL INCOME IN ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE LOWER THAN PEOPLE FROM WHITE BACKGROUNDS
E-2022 white
ANNUAL INCOME $81060 VS BLACK $42000​

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TYPES OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
POVERTY

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P-POVERTY
E-PEOPLE OF ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE IN POVERTY THAN THOSE OF WHITE BACKGROUND
E-STATISTA 2023 – POVERTY RATE 11% BUT BLACK POVERTY 17%​

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RIGHTS-POLITICAL

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P-THE RIGHT TO STAND AS A CANDIDATE
EG-TRUMP WON IN 2016

P-THE RIGHT TO VOTE
EG-51% VOTED BIDEN IN 2021

P-THE RIGHT TO PROTEST
EG-2020 26M AMERICANS PROTESTED FOR BLM

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RIGHTS-GENERAL RIGHTS

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P-THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
EG- IN HALF OF THE STATES YOU DO NOT NEED A LICENSE

P-FREEDOM OF SPEECH
EG-BIDEN 17M FOLLOWERS ON INSTA​