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Chapter 21: Civil Rights: Equal Justice Under Law Section 1

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 2 Chapter 21, Section 1 Objectives 1.Understand what it means to live in a heterogeneous society. 2.Summarize the history of race-based discrimination in the United States. 3.Examine discrimination against women in the past and present.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 3 Chapter 21, Section 1 A Heterogeneous Society The population of the United States is predominantly white and has been throughout its history. Due largely to recent trends in immigration, the United States is more heterogeneous and diverse today. –The minority population exceeds the white population in California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Texas. There are also more women than men in the U.S. population today.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 4 Chapter 21, Section 1 A Heterogeneous Society, cont. Since the 1960s, the African American, Asian American, and Hispanic American populations have grown faster than the white population. White Americans have often been reluctant to yield full rights to nonwhite Americans.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 5 Chapter 21, Section 1 African Americans African Americans have faced persistent unjust treatment since colonial days, when many thousands of Africans were brought to America as slaves. Today, African Americans are a large minority group of over 40 million, more than 13% of the U.S. population. African Americans led the civil rights movement that has expanded equality and rights for Americans of all backgrounds.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 6 Chapter 21, Section 1 Native Americans The early Native American population was devastated by disease and warfare brought by European colonists and the westward expansion of the United States. Today about 3 million Native Americans live in the United States, most on or near reservations set aside by the government. Over the years, Native Americans have faced severe discrimination.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 7 Chapter 21, Section 1 Poverty, alcoholism, and unemployment are problems on many reservations. Life expectancy is far below the national average. The Indian Education Act of 1972 has funded Native American educational programs aimed at improving reservation economies. Native Americans, cont.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 8 Chapter 21, Section 1 Hispanic Americans Hispanic Americans, or Latinos, have a Spanish-speaking background. They may belong to any race. Today, America’s 45 million Hispanic Americans make up the nation’s largest and fastest growing minority group, having passed African Americans in 2000.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 9 Chapter 21, Section 1 Hispanic Americans, cont. Hispanic Americans can be divided into four main subgroups. –More than half the Hispanics in the United States are Mexican Americans who were born in Mexico or trace their ancestry there. –Puerto Ricans are another large group, most living in the Northeast.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 10 Chapter 21, Section 1 Diversity in the U.S. The U.S. Census Bureau divides the American population into groups based on race and Hispanic origin.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 11 Chapter 21, Section 1 Diversity in the U.S., cont. Although the population of the United States remains predominantly white, minority populations are growing at a faster rate than the majority population.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 12 Chapter 21, Section 1 Asian Americans Chinese laborers came to the United States in the mid-1800s to work in mines and to build railroads. –The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and other laws allowed very few Asians to enter the United States until the 1960s. Japanese Americans were unjustly placed in relocation camps during World War II.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 13 Chapter 21, Section 1 Asian Americans, cont. Congress changed U.S. immigration policies in This led to the arrival of many immigrants from China, Korea, Vietnam, India, and the Philippines. Today there are more than 15 million Asian Americans. A large population lives in Hawaii, California, and New York City.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 14 Chapter 21, Section 1 Women Checkpoint: What was the significance of the Declaration of Sentiments? –On July 19, 1848, women’s rights activists met in Seneca Falls, New York and issued the Declaration of Sentiments, demanding equal political, economic, and social rights for women. –In spite of many gains in all of these areas, today women are still under heavily underrepresented in government and corporate management.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 15 Chapter 21, Section 1 Women, cont. The Equal Pay Act makes it illegal to pay women less than men for the same work, yet on average women earn 80 cents for every dollar earned by men.

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 16 Chapter 21, Section 1 Women, cont. Women often work in lower-paying job fields and are less well-educated than male workers. These differences can often be traced to discrimination. Women are also more likely than men to put their careers on hold to raise children.