The USA Revision

Part of the US Constitution called the Bill of Rights outlines the Rights and Responsibilities of US Citizens.

Describe the rights and responsibilitiesthat US citizens have (KU 8)

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Participation in US Politics

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Describe the ways that US citizens canparticipate in Politics (KU 4)

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The USA is a Capitalist country which means that people can start up their own businesses and keep all of the profit that they make.

People such as Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey have done well

under the Capitalist System and greatly improved their living

standards. They have achieved The American Dream.

Not all people benefit under the Capitalist System and there is much inequality in the

USA.

Your ethnicity and your wealth may affect your likelihood of achieving the American Dream.

Inequality can be seen in housing, health, education, employment and within the Criminal Justice System.

Give detailed examples to illustrate that social inequalitystill exists in the USA (KU 6)

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Political, social and economic progress

•More minority Representatives in

Politics•More role models•Increased faith in

Politics?

• More minorities achieving High School Diploma

• More in College• Bigger black middle class

• Move to the suburbs

Some tricky USA Questions

1. Describe two ways in which starting up a business can improve the lives of some Americans. (KU 4)

2. Explain, in detail, the reasons why social and economic inequalities continue to exist in the USA (KU 8)

3. Give two reasons to explain why many American people have become rich and successful (KU 4)

4. Describe the political rights and responsibilities that US Citizens have (KU 8)

5. Give two reasons to explain why many people believe that the economic system of the USA works well (KU 4).

6. Describe, in detail, how the rights of the American people are protected by the Constitution (KU 4)