USA Flashcards

Question

Black Representation

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12% in Pop 2% in Senate

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5% in Pop 1% in Senate

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0.1% in Pop 0% in Senate

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48% in Pop 80% in Senate

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52% in Pop 20% in Senate

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Free program which checks the legitimacy of workers using information like Date of Birth and Social Security Number

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Initially tripled border security budget which paid for extra staff, investigators and lots of technology Makes it easier to arrest, detain and deport terrorists Response to 9/11

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Improved resources, training and technology available to border control guards Increased their training and pay Makes it harder to get in by plane/train/boat Allows government to arrest people with expired visas and deport them

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700 mile long fence built Allows Department of Homeland Security to use extra equipment such as thermal imaging and drones Additional vehicle barriers, checkpoints and lighting Congress allocated $1.2 billion towards this

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In 2009 Obama pledged to offer amnesty to illegal immigrants; changing their status to legal immigrants. Stopped by Congress

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In 2016 Trump was elected on his promise to build a wall across the entire 1,700 - mile long US and Mexico border and have Mexico pay for it

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Many people from South and Central America cross the US border illegally. Of the estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants 7 million are from Mexico. Others come from Honduras, Ecuador, Korea, India and China

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On the outskirts of cities there are suburbs where mostly wealthy people live in nice houses. Most facilities and services are better. Become known as 'vanilla suburbs' because minorities can't afford to live in them. Eg. Bel Air in LA

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Found in inner-city areas. Unemployment, poverty and dilapidated homes are common. Gangs, violence and poor schools with few facilities are common. Hard to leave due to problems such as low pay and unemployment. Eg. Compton in LA

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The very rich can afford to insulate themselves from other Americans. gated communities are homes built behind high walls that have lots of private security. Many live in these communities because they fear crime. There are around 30,000 gated communities including Bradbury, California

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The nickname given to ghettos with a majority Hispanic population. Have similar problems to ghettos and Spanish can be the main language. An example is Spanish Harlem in Manhattan, New York

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2000 - 71% 2010 - 73%

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2000 - 45% 2010 - 47%

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2000 - 52% 2010 - 46%

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2000 - 45% 2010 - 54%

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Primary and secondary education is funded through local taxation. Rich communities can afford to pay more tax whilst poor communities cannot, leaving their schools under-funded. Schools in ghettos typically have out of date equipment and poor resources. 20% of ghetto teachers have less than 3 years experience

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High School - 87% University - 30%

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High School - 73% University - 17%

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High School - 75% University - 12%

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High School - 90% University - 50%

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University in the USA has to be paid for and on average costs $30, 000 a year. Many ethnic minorities can't afford this

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85% of Americans pay for health insurance. Companies like Blue Cross and Blue Shield provide this service but it isn't cheap; average American pays around $400 a month

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Patients in the USA are presented with a bill for their hospital stay. This is usually covered by insurance, medicare or medicaid. It can cost between $9000 to $15000 to deliver a baby

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Medicaid/Medicare - 15% Uninsured - 13% Life Expectancy - 79

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Medicare/ Medicaid - 32% Uninsured - 21% Life Expectancy - 74

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Gang and drug violence are much more common in the ghettos than in the suburbs. Black people are over-represented in prison

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Black man has a 1 in 3 chance of going to jail in his life while a white man has a 1 in 17 chance. Black who kills a white man is 22 x more likely to be given death sentence than a white who kills a black man

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Population - 64% Prison Population - 48% Death Row Population - 43%

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Population - 12% Prison Population - 40% Death Row Population - 42%

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Black Americans earn less on average than whites and are less likely to be able to afford a good lawyer that might help them avoid prison. Average cost of a lawyer is $700 an hour

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In many areas the police force is made up of mostly white people, even in mostly black areas. Example is Ferguson, Missouri were 70% of the people are black but only 3 of the 53 officers are black

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Only 4% of lawyers are black. 665 of around 11,000 state judges are black. this means that once accused of a crime black people often come up against judges, juries and lawyers who may be unsympathetic to their circumstances or even racist