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Unit 1: World Power: Unitied States of America Flashcards

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Name a way the US has political influence

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  • 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
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Name ways the US has military influence

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  • 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
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Name ways the US has economic influence on the world

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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

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

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

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

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  • 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
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Name an arguments for immigration. (C)

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  • 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
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Name an arguments for immigration. (Y)

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  • 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
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Name an argument against immigration.

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  • 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.
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Name a government response to immigration. (D)

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  • 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
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Name a government response to immigration. (T)

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  • 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
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Name a government response to immigration. (B)

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  • 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
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Name a US political branch. (L)

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  • 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
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Name a US political branch. (J)

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  • 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
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Name a US political branch. (E)

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  • 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
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Name a US political right. (S)

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  • 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”
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Name a US political right. (A)

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  • 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
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Name a US political right. (V)

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

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

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  • Joining a political party
  • Join a party like the Democrats or Republicans
  • Can help out in a electoral campaign
  • Hand out leaflets
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Name a way in which US citizens can participate in US politics. (I)

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

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

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  • 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
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Name a social inequality. (H)

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  • 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
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Name a social inequality. (E)

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  • 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
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Name an economic inequality. (P)

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  • 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)
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Name Government Responses to social inequalities (H)

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  • 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
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Name a government response to social inequalities (E)

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

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

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  • 17% of US population
  • 10% of Congress
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What percentage of congress is woman?

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29% in the 118tg Congress

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