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| Membership of the Supreme Court |
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| Includes women and minorities such as Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Ginsberg,and Clarence Thomas |
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| Supreme Court decisions that promoted equality and extended civil liberties |
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| Civil Rights Movement provided a model other groups used to extend civil rights and equal justice |
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| Supreme Court decisions that promoted equality and extended civil liberties |
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| Supreme Court protects individual rights in the Constitution |
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| Supreme Court decisions that promoted equality and extended civil liberties |
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| Supreme Court identified constitutional basis for the right to privacy that is protected from governmental interference |
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| Supreme Court decisions that promoted equality and extended civil liberties |
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| Supreme Court invalidates legislative acts and executive actions that exceed the autority granted to government officials by the Constitution |
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| Immigration from other countries |
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| Factors that draw immigrants |
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Political Freedom
Economic Opportunity |
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| Issues being debated related to immigration |
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Strain on government services
Filling low-paying jobs in the United States
Border issues
Pathway to citizenship
Bilingual education
Incresing cultural diversity |
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| Contributions made by immigrants |
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Diversity in musice, arts, and literature
Role in the labor force
Expanded source of scientists and engineers |
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| President in the 1960s who pledged increased support for the American space program |
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| First American to orbit the Earth |
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| First American astronaut to step onto the moon's surface and when |
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| What Neil Armstrong said when he stepped on the moon |
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| "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." |
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| Accessibility to improved technology and communications effect on American society |
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improved technology and media have brought better access to communication and information for rural areas, businesses, and individual consumers
as a result, many more Americans have access to global information and international viewpoints |
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| Examples of technological advances |
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Cable TV with 24 hour news
Personal computers
Cellular phone
World wide web |
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| Changes in work, school and health care |
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| telecommuting, distance learning, growth in service industries, breakthroughs in medical research including the development of the vaccine for polio by Dr. Jonas Salk, stem cell research, and cloning |
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| Impact of the "Reagan Revolution" |
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| reevaluation of the size and role of government in the economy and society of contemporary America |
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| Reagan and conservatives advocate |
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Tax cuts
Transer of responsibilites to state governments
Appointment of judges/justices who exercised "judicial restraint"
Reduction in the number and scope of government programs and regulations
Strenghtened American military |
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| Economic indicators that influence the U.S. economy |
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Gross Domestic Product
Exchange rates
Inflation
Unemployment rates |
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| Role government plays in the economy |
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| promotes a healthy economy characterized by full employment and low inflation |
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| Federal Reserve's actions in the economy |
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| Their monetary policy decisions control the supply of money and credit to expand or contract the economy |
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| President's and Congress' actions in the economy |
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| Their fiscal policy decisions determine levels of government taxation and spending |
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