mods usa🇺🇸

political rights

standing as candidate, protesting, voting

protesting example

in 2020, people protested for BLM following the murder of george floyd

standing as candidate example

kamala harris stood as a candidate in the 2024 presidential election

voting example

in 2020 US citizens voted for Joe Biden in the presidential election

branches of the government

legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch

legislative branch example

in 2019 the animal cruelty act was passed to stop making animal crush videos

executive branch example

joe biden signed new trade deals with 12 asian nations in 2022

judicial branch example

in 2022 they reversed the roe vs wade ruling meaning abortion is no longer a constitutional right

under representation of ethnic minorities

racism, lack of role models, lack of money

racism example

kamala harris faced racism in her presidential election in 2024

lack of role models ethnic minorities example

there’s only been 1 black president out of a total 47

lack of money ethnic minorities example

in the 2020 US presidential and congressional candidates spent nearly $14 billion

reasons for under representation of women

glass ceiling, sexism, lack of role models

glass ceiling example

kamala harris was the only female vice president out of a total 50

sexism example

kamala harris was labelled aggressive and power hungry whilst running for vice president

lack of role models in women example

women only make up 28% of congress

groups least likely to participate

young people, hispanic people, undereducated people

young people unlikely to participate example

only 50% of those aged 18-29 voted in 2020

hispanic people unlikely to participate example

only 50% of hispanic people voted in 2020

uneducated people unlikely to participate example

less than 40% of those who never graduated from high school voted in 2020

economic influence

trade, tourism, aid

tourism example

693,000 trips to scotland made by american tourists in 2022

aid example

america gave more than $69billion to ukraine since the outbreak of war with russia

trade example

over £3.7billion worth of goods & services were sold to the usa by scottish business in 2022

political influence

climate change, women’s rights, conflict

climate change example

US was welcomed back as “the missing link that weakened the whole” to the paris climate agreement after trump pulled out

women’s rights example

anti abortion protests occurred across the world after roe vs wade ruling in the supreme court

conflict example

the UK abstained from a ceasefire vote in Gaza due to the US veto

military influence

presence, size, alliances

military presence example

the US military has more than 750 bases around the world

military size example

the US military has more than 1.3 million soldiers

military alliance example

the US is the biggest contributer to NATO

government responses to issues of

healthcare, education, poverty, immigration

immigration response example

deferred action for childhood arrivals(DACA) enables dreamers to apply for citizenship

poverty response example

supplemental nutritional assistance program (SNAP) gives families vouchers for food

education response example

every student succeeds act (ESSA) means states must take responsibility for education of citizens

healthcare response example

obama increased the number of people able to apply for medicaid/ medicare

DACA successful example

91% of dreamers are employed as a result of DACA

SNAP successful example

SNAP reaches 44 million americans per year

ESSA successful example

highschool graduation rates for men & women increased since the introduction of ESSA in 2015

ACA (obamacare) successful example

40 million people have benefitted from the american care act enrolment in healthcare programmes since 2023

ESSA unsuccessful example

the number of hispanic students dropping out of high school has increased between 2020 & 2022

DACA unsuccessfully example

although biden renewed DACA in 2021, new applicants can no longer apply to the programme

medicaid unsuccessful example

12 states have expanded medicaid meaning around 1.9 million people earn “too much” to be eligible

SNAP unsuccessful example

reports suggest snap benefits are too low as they don’t consider geographic variation in food prices

social inequalities

education, healthcare

education inequality example

in 2022, florida spent an average of $11,076 per pupil whereas the national average was $16,340 per pupil

healthcare inequality example

in 2022, 7.9% of the US population didn’t have healthcare insurance

economic inequalities

unemployment, poverty

poverty inequality example

3.7 million people in the usa live in poverty

unemployment inequality example

6% of black americans & 9% of white americans live in poverty as of 2023