1. Gay Marriage- Gay marriage has been a controversy because people don’t think that it is right for people to marry their own gender. Some people may think that it is wrong because God didn’t create two different genders to just marry the same sex.
Legalization of Marijuana- Legalization of Marijuana has become more common over the years. Yet, it has been talked about not being legal but some states want to start legalizing it but some other states don’t want to make it legal. Some people may think that this is a bad thing that states are starting to legalize marijuana because people will just smoke it for fun not for what they are really suppose to which is for medical use.
Gun Rights- The real reason why they don’t ban guns now is because of the 2nd amendment. Another reason is because of the Gun Act of 1968 as well as the Brady Bill and the NRA. What is really going off is about handguns and how they are the number one killer over all of the other types of guns.
Immigration- For immigrants that have come to the United States, president Obama wants them to come out of hiding, pay some fees for coming here illegally, and go back to their country to be put on a waiting line. After this, they would be sent back to the US and take a citizenship test. Obama has an act for people who were born from immigrants on US soil which is called the Dreamer’s Act. This states that children being born in the US from illegal immigrants will have to attend school in the US or serve the country in such things like the Army to be legalized.
Abortion- Abortion was first a problem in the 1960s which happened to people like African Americans and the poor. People were raving about this because most of them thought that it was murder for killing a baby but others didn’t mind because they knew what the people were going through. Abortion was done most of the time by pills that would kill the unborn baby inside the mother’s womb. Some tragedies in the abortion area were having abortions with cloths hangers and even falling down the stairs or something. The first state to reform was New York.
2. Direct Democracy: Everyone participates; Majority rules
Representative Democracy: Everyone votes for people to make laws for the country; Majority rules
Absolute Monarchy: The king and/or queen has total power; Like a dictatorship
Constitutional Monarchy: King and/or queen doesn't have full power; More of a symbol of spirit
Dictatorship: Absolute power for one person or a small group of people
Anarchy: No government; people do what they want
Communism: Government has complete control of everything; All money is evenly distributed
3. Democrats vs Republicans:
Democrats are more liberal while Republicans are conservative. Democrats believe they should favor minimum wages and progressive taxation; but Republicans think that taxes shouldn't be increased for anyone (including the wealthy). Democrats want to decrease spending of military needs and Republicans want to increase the spending on our militar. Democrats are for gay marriage and Republicans are against it. The trickle-down theory is where the government gets more into the economy by pumping more and more money into it which would “trickle” down onto the rest of society.
4. Income inequality is the difference between rich and poor and the line between them that makes them so far apart. It is an issue because people are not getting enough food that they need to live and the rich are getting way more than they need to. We can help even the range from rich and poor by taxing the rich higher and even giving homeless people, or people with not enough money, just a little bit of money like a few dollars so that they can get by and live a little bit better.
5. 9-11 was a very sad day in US history. It started by a plane crashing into one of the Twin Towers. At first everyone thought it was an accident but when the second plane hit the second tower, everyone knew that it was a terrorist attack. President Bush heard of the first plane crashing into the first tower before he was going into a classroom for his “no one left behind” education program. He soon found out that another plane had hit the second building and didn’t really show any expression as he wanted the kids to stay calm. He was soon pulled out of the classroom to make calls. Later, a third plane had come in and hit one of the wings of the pentagon. President Bush was flown to Nebraska to go to a bunker where he would be safe. He was in a press conference while he was over there. Soon he made the decision to go back to the White House to inform people on what had happened. After this he found out that Osama Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda were the ones who were up to this evil act. There was also a fourth plane that was taken down in a rural town in Pennsylvania. Overall, there were 19 terrorists who committed suicide trying to weaken our country.
6. The Iraq war started in 2003 to 2011. It first started on March 20 of 2011 when US armed forces invade Iraq. We went in for one purpose which was to find the alleged weapons of mass destruction. In 2011, we started pulling troops out of Iraq to stop the threat of Osama Bin Laden who attacked us in the same year. As some people were looking for the WMDs and our troops were fighting, no one could find proof of their weapons leaving the job unfinished. United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) were the ones searching for the WMDs.
7. The deal with Iran is us and them being engaged in a nuclear deal. This deal states that Iran should liming the development of nuclear bombs. Six world powers were involved in this deal which consists of: the US, UK, France, Russia, Germany, China, and Iran. This deal would slow the development of Iran’s nuclear program. The deal also says that Iran can not use all enrichments over 5% and they should take down the equipment that can do so which would be called a centrifuge. For accepting this deal Iran will get billions of dollars from the US. Israel is all for this deal because they have clashed heads with Iran for many years and are worried that Iraq may be wanting to use the bombs on them.
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Millennium Goals
Eradicate Poverty/Hunger
Halving the proportion of people with an income of $1.25 or more per day by 2015
They want to have productive work for all women and young people
Halving the number of people living in hunger by 2015
Universal Primary Education
Want all children to go to elementary school before 2015
90% of children attend
Education will help stop poverty
61% of people not going to elementary schools are women
Mostly because the men want them to stay home, take care of the house and their children
Gender Equality
Provide equal opportunities to empower women
Middle East, South East Asia, and Southern Africa are the areas which have the biggest problems
Brazil has an online program for women going through domestic abuse
Yemen women are getting more education because of this
Child Mortality
Death of children before age 1
Children born into poor families are 5x more likely to die of child mortality
Highest rate in Sub-Sahara is 1 in 10 people dieing before the age of 1
Children of mothers with education are more likely to survive because they have more money to spend on vaccinations and such
measles shots are likely to save children
Improve Maternal Health-
the mother before birth, during, and after birth; helping the mother with vitamins and recovering and such after having the baby
2010, 80,000 maternal deaths occurred worldwide
50,000 babies are born without skilled care
more women are starting to have prenatal care
fewer teens are getting pregnant
balanced diets will help have a healthier baby
we should create a good environment for women who are pregnant and to the baby
Combat HIV, AIDS, etc.
they want to have AIDS depleted by 2015
It is going away
there are a lot of orphans that have AIDS from being born with them
AIDS lowers your immune system so you can die from it
Target B: the universal treatment for AIDS, they wanted to get it done by 2010 but it didn't happen
At the end of 2011, there were more than 11 countries that were doing this
Target C: Global Malaria deaths
Malaria is spread from mosquitoes and you die from dehydration
in a lot of tropical places, people die from malaria
Malaria is mainly among children in Sub Saharan Africa
Insure environmental sustainability
poor people will rely on forests for food and such
deforestation has increased 14% by 1990
this will increase our carbon dioxide intake
protected areas have increased by 58%
devoted to sanitation
more than 2 billion people have gotten access to clean water
over 40% of people with unsanitary water live in Sub Saharan Africa
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