BR-4/8/14

Summarize this article: 3-4 sentences
Obama is taking two executive actions so they collogues can talk about their pay with each other. He also is signing on the equal pay act to make sure women get the same amount as men. Unfortunately it only applies to federal companies with a contract.

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Your score: 76 %

Good job! You have completed the practice naturalization self-test 1.

BR-4/7/14

What should the requirements be for an immigrant to become a United States citizen? LIST 3 IDEAS
The citizen's test, where they show they can be a citizen. proof they won't become terrorist, and how much they need to be a citizen.

Discrimantion picture

What do the people's faces reflect?
 Disbelief, and sadness at being excluded.

Give an example of how this might happen today?
They could be not allowed to work at certain jobs because they prefer whites over blacks.

What is happening in the picture?
He cant get a job because only blacks can work at the job.

What is in America at the time the picture was taken?
Civil rights where blacks weren't allowed to really do anything including working good jobs or getting good money.

BR-4/2/14

What do you think will be the most difficult part of the "discrimination" project?
 Knowing what I can and cant do without asking like bell ringers for example. And not being able to ask my parent a small question without making it classroom wide that I did.

Notes

• Heterogeneous- different people, cultures, etc.
• Immigrant- legal aliens that can move to another country
• Reservation- public lands given to native Americans by the government
• Refugee- move for protection purposes
• Assimilation- adapting to another culture

Section 1 ch 21

• More whites in U.S.
• More immigrants coming in every year since 1960
• American populations have grew
• Minorities exceed white populations in Hawaii, New Mexico, and Texas
•  More females than males
• African Americans:
• have been treated worse than any of the other groups and longer
• are the hugest minority group. 14% of American population
• all of our gains have been made by African Americans
• Native Americans:
• 1 Million natives lived in what is now America the number was reduced to 250,000 now there's approximately 6 million
• poverty, joblessness, and alcoholism plague many reservations
• they were moved from their homes to reservations
• The Indian education Act of 1972 to make their lives better, but has not been successful, they die younger, higher infant death rate
• Hispanic American: have a Spanish speaking background
• Can be any race
• largest minority group at 50 million
• four main groups: Mexican Americans, purto Ricans, Cuban Americans,
• Asian Americans:
• Chinese labors were the first Asians to America, whites are made at them for it
• Chinese exclusion Act of 1882-80 yrs made it illegal to immigrate to America
• WW2 all Japanese were evacuated to the Pacific Coast. even native born, sent to concentration camps.
•  Congress admitted it was wrong
• Women: treated unfairly: Education, property rights and employment opportunities.
• Women are still not equal to men. Fewer women in high status jobs than men
• it is illegal to women less than men

Chapter 21 section 3

• those who oppose civil rights believe a law won't change people, people won't treat others better because gov. says they should
• "judicial decrees ...may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless."
• 1870's-1950's no helped the civil rights
• The Civil Rights Acts: first reall act
• Voting provisions: how, where, and when
• Public services: cannot deny access based on gender, race, religion, disability's, etc
• Employers could not discriminate for the reasons like  based on gender, race, religion, disability's, etc
• Federal funding programs could not discriminate
• Civil rights act of 1998: cannot deny someone a living space  based on gender, race, religion, disability's, etc
• Title 9: forbids discrimination on basis of gender in any educational program or finical assistance
• Affirmative Action:
• requires employers take positive steps to fix the affects of past discrimination
• employers must meet quotas for minority groups/genders.
• results in reverse discrimination majority groups gets denied so minority group has more opportunities
• "color blind" see a character for who they are
• California, Washington, Michigan, and Nebraska have done away with affirmative action
• The Bakke Case: sued the university of California bc he was denied access to the medicial school he won (16/100) seats were reserved for minority
• Courts have decided that quota should be used only when needed
• Justice Sandra Day O'Connor predicts in 25 yrs the use of racial preferences will no longer be needed 

Ch. 21 Section 4

• An American citizen is sworn into allegiance for protection and privileges.
• 14th amendment was first constitutional definition is born or naturalized in the u.s.
• American citizens are born or naturalized
• 90% are by birth
• Naturalization- legal process by which a person can become a citizen of another state
• Congress has exclusive power to provide naturalization
• Collective naturalization entire group granted citizenship through en masse cause us gained territory
• loss of citizenship right to voluntarily abandon citizenship called expatriation  
• Its unconstitutional for congress to take away citizenship
• They can lose citizenship only through denaturalization if only they used fraud or deception
• Marriage does not make a person a citizen only shortens the process of becoming a citizen
• Congress dictates who can leave and come across the boarder
• quotas limit how many ppl from each area to let in
• Immigration act of 1965 did away with the quota system letting up to 270,000 immigrants in a year
• Immigration act of 1990 same as 1965 we just let 675,000 ppl and special prefences are still given
• ppl can be denied entrance due to characteristics criminals, mentally ill who can cause harm,etc
• Deportation legal process by which they have to leave the country
• Biggest reason is illegal immigrant, conviction of a serious crime

BR-4/1/14

Should this be something that is mandatory? Do you think these cameras will actually make a difference in driving?

I think they should be mandatory because I've seen them used and they are really helpful. They can probably even stop must car accidents.