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Add as much detailed information as you can for each topic:
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Sources / URLs
(at least 2 per topic)
(no -pedias)

1)
TheInvention

Government
(include political
parties, and each
partys position on
refugees)

ThecurrentpoliticalsystemisatwopartysystemthathasDemocrats oftheAmerican
andRepublicansinaBattleforcontroloftheU.S.thesepartiesare
PoliticalParties
nottheonlyonesbutarethemostdominantones
Book

TheDemocratswanttoincreasetheamountofrefugeescominginto
2)
WEBSITE
thecountrywithoutincreasingtherequirementstoenterwhile
https://ww
RepublicansareagainstRefugeescomingfromSyriaorwillincrease
therequirementstobebiastosomereligionsorrace(Willdouble
w.washingt
check)
onpost.com

/news/won
Thereare3sectionsofthegovernmentLegislative,Executive,and
k/wp/2015/
Judicial
11/24/its-no
LegislativeiswheretheymakelawssotheCongressisthere
t-just-donal
ExecutiveiswheretheycarryoutlawssothePresidentisThere
d-trump-ha
andJudicialiswheretheyevaluatelawssotheSupremeCourtis
lf-of-republi
there

cans-share

s-his-views-

on-immigr
ants-and-re
fugees/
3)
USA.GOV
https://ww
w.usa.gov/
branches-of
-governme
nt

Prominent
Religions

IntheUSAthemostprominentreligionatthemomentisChristian.
1)
WEBSITE
70.6%ofthepopulationintheUnitedStatesisChristian,Catholics
http://ww
taketheplaceafterthemwith20.8%ofthispopulation.Nonchristian
w.pewforu
faithtake5.9%ofthepopulationMuslimstaking0.9%ofthispartof
m.org/reli
thepopulation,andJewishtake1.9%.
giousland
Peoplewithnoreligiontakeup22.8%population,3.1%being
scapestud
atheist.0.6%ofthisbunchsimplydontknowwhichreligiontheyfeel
y/
theybelong.

PewResearchCenterestimatesthattherewereabout3.3million
2)
WEBSITE
MuslimsofallageslivingintheUnitedStatesin2015.Thismeans
http://ww
thatMuslimsmadeupabout1%ofthetotalU.S.population(
about
w.pewrese
322millionpeoplein2015)
,andweestimatethatthatsharewill
arch.org/f
doubleby2050.
acttank/2

016/01/06

/anewest

imateoft

heusmu

slimpopul

ation/

3)
WEBSITE
The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of
http://www
U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing,
.pewforum.
according to an extensive new survey by the Pew Research Center.
Religious intermarriage also appears to be on the rise: Among Americans
org/2015/0
who have gotten married since 2010, nearly four-in-ten (39%) report that
5/12/ameri
they are in religiously mixed marriages, compared with 19% among those
cas-changi
who got married before 1960.
ng-religiou

s-landscape
/
4)
WEBSITE
http://www
.debate.org
/opinions/d
oes-religion
-play-a-vita
l-role-in-mo
dern-societi
es
5)
WEBSITE
http://maga
zine.nd.edu
/news/1675
4-how-relig
ion-impacts
-the-u-s/

Religion has caused most wars. We see in the likes of Syria, Palestine and
Israel, and many other countries that these wars are either fought over
Land or Religions; sometimes both. This is just a general fact of life. If we
look at it from more perspectives, we will see that most faiths have the same
policies or ideals, the idea of one God etc so we have no reason to fight. Plus
certain Catholic priests have been known to take advantage of their position
so that they can then take advantage of young children.
Since the 9/11 attacks revealed the motivating power of religion, calling for
examination of such questions as fervor and tolerance, interest in the
societal effects of religion has intensified, not only in the United States but
around the world.
At the moment USA is the most, by far, religious country within developed
countries. The nation maintains a level of tolerance for different religious,
but that acceptance is masked most of the time by the so called cultural war.

For example, Mitt Romney faced opposition to his Mormonism

when running for the presidency, and the recent controversy over
the mosque near the site of the Twin Towers reminds us that
Muslims are an especially unpopular religious group in the United
States. But our research suggests that without Americas religious
mixing-and-matching, these tensions would be even greater.
Campbell says.

Cultures,
Ethnic
Groups, &
Social Classes

WhiteAmericansaretheracialmajority.
AfricanAmericansarethelargestracialminority13.2%ofthe
population.
HispanicandLatinoAmericans
7
.1%ofthepopulation,makingupthe
largestethnicminority.

ThereisnoofficialUSLanguage.Englishisthemostcommon.Nearly
everyreligionispracticedintheUS.Americanclothingisusually
decidedbyclimate.AmericanArtsconsistsoffilmandTV.Football,
BaseballandBasketballaresomepopularsportsintheUS.American
Holidaysmainlyrelovewithhistoricaleventshavingtodowiththe
country.

Americassocialclassisdividedupintofourclasses.
Lowerclass7.3%
Workingclass45.7%
Middleclass43.4%
Upperclass3.6%

1)
WEBSITE
https://en.wikipe
dia.org/wiki/Race
_and_ethnicity_i
n_the_United_St
ates
2)
WEBSITE
http://www.lives
cience.com/2894
5americancultu
re.html
3)
WEBSITE
https://new.edu/
resources/social
classintheunite
dstates

Topic

Notes - Visuals - Stats

just starting
points!

Add as much detailed information as you can for each topic:

notes, relevant articles, infographics, statistics, video clips, etc.

Economy
For example...
*Whats their
GDP?
*Whats their
unemployment
rate?
*Is their economy
strong? weak?

Current
Conflicts/
Controversies
(These dont need
to be wars. For
example, gun
control might be
worth including
for the USA)

GDP:
16.77trillion

UnemploymentRate:
5.5%

Economy:
U.Stradeandmanufacturingisgettingcrushedbytheweak
economyandstrongdollar
Americansspendingmoremoneyoncars,hotels,and
restaurants
In2014theeconomygrew4.3%inayear

GunControl
PoliceBrutality
PresidentialDebate
WaterCrisisinFlint,Michigan

USDebt

Sources / URLs
(at least 2 per topic)
(no -pedias)

1)
WEBSITE
TheWorld
Bank
2)
WEBSITE
BLS
3)
WEBSITE
CNN

1)
WEBSITE
War With
ISIS
2)
WEBSITE
link
3)
WEBSITE
link

Specifics on
Refugee Crisis:
For example...
*How many
refugees are
coming/leaving/
staying?
*Where are they
coming from?
*How has this
number changed
over the past 5
years?
*If refugees are
staying, WHERE
are they staying?
What impact is
that having?

Disease

1)
WEBSITE
link
2)
WEBSITE
link
3)
WEBSITE
link

AdiseasethatoriginatesfromtheU.Siswhoopingcough.Whooping
1)
WEBSITE
coughisahighlycontagiousrespiratorytractinfection.Thisdiseaseis
Healthline
highlycontagiousanditisthemostcommonlyoccurringdiseasein
theU.S.Thiscancausechildhoodillnessanddeath.Thisoutbreak
2)
WEBSITE
hadincreasedsincethe1980s.In2010,anoutbreakinCalifornia
Mayo
gavewhoopingcoughto9,477peopleandcausedthedeathof
Clinic
infants.Thiswasthebiggestoutbreakofwhoopingcoughsince1945.

3)
WEBSITE
link

Gender

Genderequalityisahumanright,butourworldfacesapersistentgap 1)
WEBSITE
inaccesstoopportunitiesanddecisionmakingpowerforwomenand
http://ww

Rights

men.Globally,womenhavefeweropportunitiesforeconomic
participationthanmen,lessaccesstobasicandhighereducation,
greaterhealthandsafetyrisks,andlesspoliticalrepresentation.
Empoweredwomenandgirlscontributetothehealthandproductivity
oftheirfamilies,communities,andcountries,creatingarippleeffect
thatbenefitseveryone.

WomensrightsintheU.S.havemadeleapsandboundssincethe
passageofthe19thAmendment.Yetmanywomenstillstruggle.And
itdoesnttakeafeministtoconvinceanyonethatthegendergapin
21stcenturyAmericaremainsdisgracefullywide.In2014,theU.S.
failedtomakethetop10oftheWorldEconomicForumslistofthe
mostgenderequalcountries
.Worse,itlaggedbehinddeveloping
nationswithprimaryareasofweaknessinhealthandpolitical
empowerment.

TheUnitedStatescameinatNo.20outof142countriesinthis
yearsrankingofgenderequalitybytheWorldEconomicForum.
TheU.S.wasalsopenalizedbytheshortageofwomeninpolitical
power,endinguprankedNo.54inthepoliticalcategorylargely
becauseithasneverhadafemalepresident.
Americaismakingthemostprogressclosingthegendergapintermsof
economicparticipationandopportunity.
Atthisrate,theglobalgendergapintheworkplaceisnotexpectedtocloseuntil
2095.

Thetopicofgenderrights,whenspokeninsidethechurch/religion,raises
feelingsoffearbecauseofthevariousissuesthatcomewithgenderequality
because,whentakenseriously,cancausea,potential,majorradical
transformation.Itsacceptablewhengenderrightsareintroducedinsidethe
workplace,becauseoftheincreasingopportunitiesforwomenandinpolitics
wherewomenarealreadygettinginvolved.Wehaveacceptedganderrightsin
thissituations.Yet,whenspokeninthechurch/religion,thereisresistance.
ThewaygenderequalityinUSA,canaffectrefugees,isinthewaytherolesof
maleandfemaleareintheirreligion,whichisMuslim,andmostgenderrightin
USAarechristianbased,andthisrightsmightlookoffensivefortherefugees,
andtheymightthinkthattheyarebeingforcedtochangesothattheycanstayin
UnitedStates,orjustmakeitharderforthemtofitin,inoursociety.

Gender discrimination tends to travel with refugees and to be exacerbated

in displacement. Nationality laws that prohibit women from conferring
their citizenship to their children and spouses increases vulnerability,
ensuring even fewer rights and less opportunity for some refugees.
Berger's (1967, 1992) views on plausibility structures suggest that a belief
must receive a high level of support from group members if the belief is to
be maintained over time. An alternative view holds that beliefs that are
empirically unfalsifiable and that receive validation from sources external
to the group (e.g., from the mass media) can be maintained without high
levels of intra-group support. Using Itmgitudinal data, we found that
between the early 1970s and the early 1990s support for two unfalsifiable

w.peaceco
rps.gov/w
ws/articles
/globaliss
uesgende
requality
andwome
nsempow
erme/

2)
WEBSITE
https://wa
llethub.co
m/edu/bes
tandwors
tstatesfo
rwomene
quality/58
35/

3)
WEBSITE
http://fort
une.com/2
014/10/27
/globalge
ndergap
america/

4)
WEBSITE
http://ecu
menicalwo
men.org/t
heology/ac
ademicart
icles/gend
ergender
equalitya
ndthechu
rchbynan
tondohad
ebe/

5)
WEBSITE
https://ww
w.womens
refugeeco
mmission.
org/rights

6)
WEBSITE
http://socr
el.oxfordjo
urnals.org/
content/59

beliefs (traditional beliefs about gender roles and hornosexual rights)

declined among all Christian groups, including active conservative
Protestants. In the early 1970s, support for these beliefs was relatively low
among active conservatives as well as among other Christians. Throughout
the time period studied, however, the active conservatives, compared to
other Christians, had greater exposure to extra-group sources of validation
for both beliefs. Thus, our findings do not support the view that
unfalsifiable beliefs that have extra-group support structures are
sustainable without high levels of intra-group support.
-
Larry R. Petersen

Opinionson
refugeesin
USA

Theopinionsintherefugeesisverydifferentdependingonwhoyou
1)WEBSITE
askandmostofthesideswillbedominatedbythetwomainParties
http://w
ofthegovernmentTheDemocratsandRepublicanssincethey
ww.cbsne
havedifferentopinionsonImmigrantsingeneralwithDemocrats
ws.com/
beingmoreopentoanyonecomingtotheUSAwhethertheyare
news/wh
immigratingorarelookingforrefugewhileRepublicansareagainstit
erethe2
thinkingthattheytakethejobsthattheamericansneedandwilltake
016cand
moneyfromtheeconomy

idatesst
andont
hesyrian
refugee
crisis/
2)WEBSITE
Donald
Trump
3)WEBSITE

At the end of the Vietnamese war millions of people needed to flea southeast
Asia. 1.3 million vietnamese resettled around the globe. The US accepted
800,000 refugees to come into America. (Compared to the 10,000 refugees
were taking in today.)
Refusals and denials have taken their toll on main American values at
home, and on the image and effectiveness of the United States overseas.

Past
Experience
with Refugees

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rt

However, the refusal of Jews before and during the Second World War,
coupled with the new challenges of American world leadership after the
war, sparked a greater attention to refugees. This, in turn, helped pry open
the gates of U.S. immigration once again.

America has accepted refugees since the 1790s.

1)WEBSITE
http://www.moth
erjones.com/poli
tics/2015/09/syria
-refugees-europe
-vietnam
2) WEBSITE
http://www.immi
grationpolicy.or
g/perspectives/re
fugee-experienc
e-united-states

3)WEBSITE
http://www.liber
tyellisfoundatio
n.org/immigrati
on-timeline

They immediately start life as new American. Once getting here they
instantly find a job and or school to attend. Get assistance from
Government.

The process of
settling in
America

1.)WEBSITE
http://www.rescu
e.org/frequentlyasked-questionsabout-refugees-a
nd-resettlement
2.)WEBSITE
https://www.whit
ehouse.gov/blog/
2015/11/20/infogr

aphic-screeningprocess-refugeeentry-united-stat
es
3.) WEBSITE
http://www.cnn.c
om/2015/11/16/po
litics/syrian-refu
gees-u-s-applican
ts-explainer/