Bills and Taxes - $400
Groceries/ Food - $100 Thursday, April 10, 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
BR 4/8/14
President Obama will be signing two executive actions to ensure equal pay for equal work. It is to make sure women are treated fairly. This applies to only companies with federal contracts. It will make things easier for people who want to know the salary of their coworkers.
Monday, April 7, 2014
BR 4/7/14
1. Work experience and moderate education.
2. Clean criminal record.
3. Exceptional health.
2. Clean criminal record.
3. Exceptional health.
Friday, April 4, 2014
Supreme Court Virtual Tour
Ground Floor - Filing room that has all the files of cases waiting to be heard. Press room - A room where the Justices go to talk to the press.
1st Floor - Courtroom is where all of the cases are heard and where the verdicts are decided. Great Hall - It is used as a memorial service for justices who have died.
2nd Floor - John Marshall dining room is a private room in which justices come to discuss. Justices dining room is obviously where they go to eat.
3rd Floor - The Supreme Court library is were all the volumes of State and Federal law. It is for the use of the Supreme Court members and the Supreme Court bar.
1st Floor - Courtroom is where all of the cases are heard and where the verdicts are decided. Great Hall - It is used as a memorial service for justices who have died.
2nd Floor - John Marshall dining room is a private room in which justices come to discuss. Justices dining room is obviously where they go to eat.
3rd Floor - The Supreme Court library is were all the volumes of State and Federal law. It is for the use of the Supreme Court members and the Supreme Court bar.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
4/2/14 Assignment
What do the peoples faces reflect?
Despair, they feel victimized.
Give an example of how this could happen today.
If we were to be attacked again inside our country.
What is happening in the picture?
Japanese families being moved to rooms.
What is happening in America at the time the picture was taken?
Japanese Americans were put into camps following the pearl harbor attacks.
BR 4/2/14
The most difficult thing for me is acting out of my normal routine. I'm not used to doing the same actions as my fellow Asian Americans. It's a very interesting project.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
NOTES 4/8/13
1. Heterogeneous - different people, cultures, etc.
2. Immigrant - legal aliens that move to another country.
3. Reservation - public land given to Native Americans by the Government.
4. Refugee - immigrants who move for protection purposes.
5. Assimilation - adapting to another culture.
6. The population is primarily white, has been throughout history.
7. Immigrants have arrived in record numbers since the 1960's.
8. Populations that have grown: Asian Americans, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans.
9. Minority population that exceeds white population; California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Texas.
10. More females than males in the U.S.
AFRICAN AMERICANS
11. African Americans have always been treated wrong for much longer than other ethnicity.
12. African American population consists of 14 percent of America.
13. Most gains have been on the behalf of African Americans.
NATIVE AMERICANS
14. Nearly a million Native Americans lived on American territory, by 1900 the number was 25,000.
15. American Settlers brought diseases that hurt the Indian population.
16. Poverty , joblessness, and alcoholism plague reservations.
17. The Indian Education Act of 1972 attempted to fix the lives of Native Americans but is not that successful. They die younger than any other ethnicity.
HISPANICS
18. Have a Spanish speaking backgrounds.
19. Largest minority groups 50 million in the U.S.
20. Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican, Cuban Amercans
ASIAN AMERICANS
21. Chinese laborers were the first asians in America.
22. During WW2 Japanese were evacuated to the pacific coast, even native born.
23. Congress admitted it was wrong and unjust.
WOMEN
24. Women were treated unfairly education, property rights, employment opportunity.
25. It is illegal to pay women less than men.
In the 1870's - 1950's: no meaningful legislation passed in regards to civil rights.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made changes in the following:
- Voting provisions
- Public services
- Federal funding programs could not discriminate.
- Employers and labor unions also could not discriminate.
"Open Housing Act" - cannot refuse selling/ rent living space to a person of a certain race, ethnicity or religion.
- Forbids discrimination on the basis of gender in any educational program or program regarding financial assistance.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
- Requires employers to take positive steps to fix the affects of past discrimination.
- Employers must meet quotas for minority groups/genders.
"color blind"
California, Washington, Michigan, and Nebraska voters passed measures to eliminate all affirmative action plans.
- Bakke Case:
Allan Bakke sued the University of California because he was denied access to their medical school due to his race or something I didn't catch that part.
- Justice Sandra Day O' Connor predicts in 25 years, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary.
An American citizen is a person that swears allegiance to the US and is entitled to its protection.
The 14th amendment was the first constitutional definition.
90 percent of Americans are citizens by birth.
United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 1898: He won the case because he as born in America.
Naturalization - legal process by which someone becomes an American citizen and born in another country.
Collective Naturalization - (en masse) entire groups granted citizenship.
Every American has the right to abandon their citizenship. (Expatriation)
It is unconstitutional for congress to take away a person's citizenship based on something they have done.
Naturalized citizenship CAN lose citizenship trough denaturalization.
Marriage does not make a person a citizen.
Congress has sole power on who leaves and enters the country.
Immigration Act of 1965 - did away with the quota system
Immigration Act of 1990 governs admission of aliens in the U.S. This act now allows 675,00 immigrants in the U.S. Immediate family members.
Some people are denied entrance based on their characteristics: criminals, mentally ill who might cause harm.
Deportation - legal process by which aliens are required to leave the country. = illegal immigration, conviction of a serious crime.
2. Immigrant - legal aliens that move to another country.
3. Reservation - public land given to Native Americans by the Government.
4. Refugee - immigrants who move for protection purposes.
5. Assimilation - adapting to another culture.
6. The population is primarily white, has been throughout history.
7. Immigrants have arrived in record numbers since the 1960's.
8. Populations that have grown: Asian Americans, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans.
9. Minority population that exceeds white population; California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Texas.
10. More females than males in the U.S.
AFRICAN AMERICANS
11. African Americans have always been treated wrong for much longer than other ethnicity.
12. African American population consists of 14 percent of America.
13. Most gains have been on the behalf of African Americans.
NATIVE AMERICANS
14. Nearly a million Native Americans lived on American territory, by 1900 the number was 25,000.
15. American Settlers brought diseases that hurt the Indian population.
16. Poverty , joblessness, and alcoholism plague reservations.
17. The Indian Education Act of 1972 attempted to fix the lives of Native Americans but is not that successful. They die younger than any other ethnicity.
HISPANICS
18. Have a Spanish speaking backgrounds.
19. Largest minority groups 50 million in the U.S.
20. Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican, Cuban Amercans
ASIAN AMERICANS
21. Chinese laborers were the first asians in America.
22. During WW2 Japanese were evacuated to the pacific coast, even native born.
23. Congress admitted it was wrong and unjust.
WOMEN
24. Women were treated unfairly education, property rights, employment opportunity.
25. It is illegal to pay women less than men.
In the 1870's - 1950's: no meaningful legislation passed in regards to civil rights.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made changes in the following:
- Voting provisions
- Public services
- Federal funding programs could not discriminate.
- Employers and labor unions also could not discriminate.
"Open Housing Act" - cannot refuse selling/ rent living space to a person of a certain race, ethnicity or religion.
- Forbids discrimination on the basis of gender in any educational program or program regarding financial assistance.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
- Requires employers to take positive steps to fix the affects of past discrimination.
- Employers must meet quotas for minority groups/genders.
"color blind"
California, Washington, Michigan, and Nebraska voters passed measures to eliminate all affirmative action plans.
- Bakke Case:
Allan Bakke sued the University of California because he was denied access to their medical school due to his race or something I didn't catch that part.
- Justice Sandra Day O' Connor predicts in 25 years, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary.
An American citizen is a person that swears allegiance to the US and is entitled to its protection.
The 14th amendment was the first constitutional definition.
90 percent of Americans are citizens by birth.
United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 1898: He won the case because he as born in America.
Naturalization - legal process by which someone becomes an American citizen and born in another country.
Collective Naturalization - (en masse) entire groups granted citizenship.
Every American has the right to abandon their citizenship. (Expatriation)
It is unconstitutional for congress to take away a person's citizenship based on something they have done.
Naturalized citizenship CAN lose citizenship trough denaturalization.
Marriage does not make a person a citizen.
Congress has sole power on who leaves and enters the country.
Immigration Act of 1965 - did away with the quota system
Immigration Act of 1990 governs admission of aliens in the U.S. This act now allows 675,00 immigrants in the U.S. Immediate family members.
Some people are denied entrance based on their characteristics: criminals, mentally ill who might cause harm.
Deportation - legal process by which aliens are required to leave the country. = illegal immigration, conviction of a serious crime.
BR 4/1/14
I think they are neat and helpful, so its not a big deal for them to be mandatory. It could stop a lot of accidents from happening.
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