- Describe the major social issues in the United States that we discussed in class(two at random for test-do all for Semester Test blog).(10 points)
-gay marriage, legalization of marijuana, gun laws/rights, immigration, abortion
Gay marriage- Gay couples want to be legally married to someone of the same gender and share the same rights and respect that heterosexual couples receive. Other people think it’s wrong (typically on religious grounds) and try to tell them how to live. Some gay people are mistreated, and aren’t able to do all the things that straight people do.
Legalization of marijuana- People are thinking about making marijuana legal, two states already have. Giving people the ability to go buy it anywhere, some people believe will reduce crime and increase Government control and taxation.
Guns laws/rights-Right now everyone is guaranteed by the second amendment of our constitution with the right to keep and bear arms. But horrible things are happening, such as school shootings and other random acts of violence with firearms. So some legislators in our government are now thinking about taking everyone’s constitutional rights to bear arms away, rather than address the underlying causes of violence.
Immigration-Immigration is when people from other countries come into our country, and some of them become citizens and others come and just hide around. Some people don’t want them here and some people believe that America has been and always will be a “melting pot”
Abortion- Is when a woman gets pregnant and then decides she doesn’t want the baby. Some people think it is murder and the killing of a child and should be illegal, others think that it should be the mothers right to choose Some people believe abortion should only be legal in the case of danger to the mother’s life, pregnancy as a result of incest or rape.
- What are the main economic and political systems that are practiced in the world and how do they differ?(10 points)-capitalism, socialism, direct democracy, representative democracy, absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, practice of communism, theory of communism, dictatorship, anarchy.
All require varying degrees of government control. The more economic control a government has the more political control it has as well. Anarchy is the complete absence of government political and economic control. Typically freedom of religion diminishes with the more powerful centralized government’s because they threaten the power base of that government.
- What are the major differences between democrats and republicans in the United States?(10 points)
Republicans are conservative and democrats are liberal.
Democrats favor a stronger federal government in society, Republicans believe in states’ rights and economic control by the free market and not through Federal legislation.
Democrats believe in government redistribution of wealth while Republicans do not.
- What is income inequality, why is it an issue and what can be done to help improve it?(10 points)
Income inequality is when the higher income people have way more money than the lower ranked people (poor). Things that can help improve this are higher taxes for the rich, a more educated and prepared work force and rich people donate money to poor people.
- Discuss 9-11 and the impact it had on the US.(10 points)
9-11 was when al queda came and they flew airplanes into the pentagon and the twin towers. There were at least three planes. Everyone in the U.S was devastated and the U.S hasn’t been the same since. After 9-11 happened the president gave permission for the armed forces to shoot down any planes remaining (after he told all planes to land). Since 911 our security forces have been on a heightened state of alert for terrorism and terroristic acts. It has led to a loss of some of our privacy, for the sake of our nation. Many feel that this loss of privacy has gone too far.
- Discuss the Iraq War and the impact it had on the US.(10 points)
We went over there looking for weapons of mass destruction.. Many people.didn’t think that we needed to be over there. The impact it had on the U.S was we made a lot of enemy’s with the middle east, spent a lot of money and lost a lot of American lives t,.
7. Discuss the situation in Iran.(10 points)
The situation in Iran is that they are developing nuclear technology under the appearance of peaceful power generation. Many believe they can turn that into construction of nuclear weapons. People are getting concerned about if they are going to use them on other countries.
8. What are some of the major problems the world is facing, what are the causes of these problems and what is being done to help solve these problems?(Three at random for test-do all for Semester Test blog)(20 points)
•End poverty and hunger
•Universal education
•Gender equality
•Child health
•Maternal health
•Combat HIV/AIDS
•Environmental sustainability
•Global partnership
End poverty and hunger-the major problem is kids are going hungry. Governments is trying to fix it by having people donate money so that they can get food.
Universal education-Governments are trying to get everyone across the country in school. Not all kids are in school but it has gotten better. They are trying to make it happen by making more schools.
Gender equality-The government is trying to make women and men equal, saying they can be in the same class together. It is getting better but there are still a lot of places that still need to fix this.
Child health-many kids are dying before their 5th birthday. People are trying to fix that by giving more vaccines, to keep health up.
Maternal health- is the health of a woman when pregnant or giving childbirth. Doctors are now trying do more checkups with the mother and the child either when the women is pregnant or has had the baby.
Combat HIV/AIDS- is when people get sick from another person and then could die from it. Doctors are now giving more medications out for HIV and 1.1 million have lived since.
Environmental sustainability-is where a lot of people didn’t have clean water and they couldn’t drink it. More people have clean water and aren’t getting sick. But there are still a lot of other people that don’t have good drinking water.
Global partnership-People are helping each other by trade or just by giving, and now poor children/people are starting to get more/feel better.
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