Note 4/1

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• Heterogeneous-diff people cultures etc immigrants
• Imagrants- Legal aliens that move to another country
• Reservation- Public land given to Native Americans by the government
• Refugee- Move For protection purposes
• Assimilation- Adapted to way of life
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• Minority populations exceed white populations. 
• More females than males in WV.
• More discrimination against African Americans. 
• 14% of people are African Americans.
• Most gains have made the changes.
• Native Americans there are close to 6 Million today.
• Americans settlers brought diseases that hurt Indian population.
• Poverty joblessness and alcoholism plague many reservation today.
• There babies die more than most.
• Hispanic 50 Million in the US.
• Asian American Chinese laborers were the first Asians to come to America.
• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882-80 years.
• All Japanese were evacuated and sent to concentration camps.
• Women have also been treated unfairly.
• It is illegal to pay women less than men. 
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• The Civil Rights Act- voting provisions, public services, federal funding could not discriminate
• Also known as the "Open Housing Act"
• Title IX- forbids discrimination on the basis of gender in any educational programs and assistance
• Affirmative Action- requires employers take positive steps to fix the effects of past discrimination
• Many argue that the result is reverse discrimination
• The Bakke case sued a university because he was denied access to get in
• The court has made decisions on similar cases
• Justice Sandra Day O'Connor predicts in 25 years discrimination will no longer be a problem.

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• All people who were born in states or by naturalization
• 90% of people are born a citizen
• can choose to no longer be an American citizen "epatriation"
• denationalization - were your nationalization is taken back because your papers a false
• congress decides if you can travel to places.
• quotas for immigration - only so many can come to US
• Immigration Act if 1965 - did away with immagration quota system up to 270000 were allow into US each year
• Immigration act of 1990 - allows 675000 immigrants into US each year gives special privileges to special talents people  doctor, ect.