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The United States

The United States. Area: 9,826,630 sq km (about half the size of Russia) Border Countries: Canada, Mexico Population: 303,824,646 GDP (Per Capita): $45,800 (USD) Currency: United States Dollar. Capital: Washington, D.C. Official Language: English Government: Federal Republic

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The United States

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  1. The United States Area: 9,826,630 sq km(about half the size of Russia) Border Countries: Canada, Mexico Population: 303,824,646 GDP (Per Capita): $45,800 (USD) Currency: United States Dollar Capital: Washington, D.C. Official Language: English Government: Federal Republic President: George W. Bush

  2. Flag of The United States The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states and the 13 stripes represent the original Thirteen Colonies that rebelled against the British Crown and became the first states in the Union. Tradition holds that the 1st President, George Washington proclaimed: "We take the stars from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing Liberty."

  3. California Area: 423,970 sq km Borders: US States of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and Mexico Population: 36,553,215 GDP (Per Capita): $38,956 (USD) Capital: Sacramento Governor: Jerry Brown

  4. Flag of California The bear on the current flag was modeled on “Monarch” the last wild Californian Grizzly Bear in existence. Grizzly Bears are no longer found in the state, but are a US protected species. “…it was determined that we should raise a flag, and that it should be a bear en passant, with one star. One of the ladies at the garrison gave us a piece of brown domestic, and Mrs. Captain John Sears gave us some strips of red flannel about 4 inches wide. The domestic was new, but the flannel was said to have been part of a petticoat worn by Mrs. Sears across the mountains…I took a pen, and with ink drew the outline of the bear and star upon the white cloth….” —William L. Todd, artist of original Bear Flag, 1846

  5. Los Angeles Government: Mayor and City Council, County Board of Supervisors (Greater LA) Mayor: Antonio Villaraigosa Area: 1,290.6 km² (city), 12,562 km² (Greater LA) Population: 3,849,378 (city), 12,923,547 (Greater LA) GDP (Per Capita): $53,300 (USD) Income Per Capita: $20,671

  6. Flag of Los Angeles The inner border is a rosary symbolizing the role played by Spanish Mission padres in the city's early history Shield of the United States Grapes, olives, and oranges, major crops of California Coat of Arms of Mexico signifying the city’s past under Mexico The arms of Castile and León, signifying the city's history as a Spanish colony The colors represent olive trees (green), orange groves (gold) and vineyards (red), and the colors are also present in the flags of Spain and Mexico, the two nations who ruled over the area before it became part of the United States.

  7. Key Events on California’s Road to Democracy

  8. 1947: Mendez v. Westminster results in desegregation of schools in California A federal court case that challenged racial segregation in Orange County, California schools. In its ruling, the court held that the segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students into separate "Mexican schools" was unconstitutional. The 2007 commemorative stamp honoring the 60th anniversary of the Mendez v. Westminster ruling. Today many Los Angeles schools include a diverse group of students. One way this is accomplished is by busing students to schools in neighborhoods other than where they live.

  9. 1965: Watts Riots With the arrest of a 21 year old African American, Los Angeles's South Central neighborhood of Watts erupts into violence. The riots last for five more days with 34 people killed and the damages total over $200 million. The riots were the first major lesson for American public on the tinderbox volatility of segregated inner-city neighborhoods.

  10. 1960’s-1970's: Student Walk-Outs and Creation of Equal Opportunity Employment Pressure from civil rights activist and student walk-outs proceed the adoption of Equal Employment Opportunity. An executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson, the program prohibits federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of race, sex, creed, religion, color, or national origin. The order included affirmative action plans to increase the participation of minorities and women in the workplace. Similar affirmative action plans were applied at universities, increasing the enrollment of minorities and allowing many to enter careers once inaccessible.

  11. 1996: Proposition 209 Ends Affirmative Action in California A ballot proposition which amended the state constitution to prohibit public institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity. Supporters of Proposition 209 contended that existing affirmative action programs led public employers and universities to reject applicants based on their race. Opponents of Proposition 209 note that there are greater disparities in elite education in the post-Proposition 209 era due to decreased African American and Latino enrollment. Proponents, on the other hand, note that Asian American enrollment rates dramatically increased at a majority of UC campuses. Still, this observation fails to take into consideration that though Asian Americans are a racial minority in the United States, they are generally an overrepresented group in college admissions and significantly less likely to be from a family living in poverty.

  12. Same-Sex Marriage June 2008 - California Supreme Court ruled In a 4-3 decision, that people have a fundamental 'right to marry' the person of their choice and that gender restrictions violate the state Constitution's equal protection guarantee. Gay couple John Lewis, left, and Stuart Gaffney celebrate outside the California Supreme Court on Thursday. November 2008 – Voters passed Proposition 8,an amendment to the California Constitution that limited marriages to those between one man and one woman. August 2010 - Federal judge Vaughn R. Walker declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional but temporarily stayed his ruling. July 2011 – Currently with the California Supreme Court. A same-sex couple stands in line to receive their marriage license before getting married.

  13. Additional Resources

  14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juGzbgciQ3w Video on 1947: Mendez v. Westminster

  15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Ql2jjTvOQ Student Documentary on 1965 Watts Riots

  16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uRQEZRLg8k CNN News Report on 2008 California Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage

  17. Neighborhoods of Los Angeles LA is made of a multitude of diverse neighborhoods. Many of these neighborhoods have been made famous by film, television and other media. Some neighborhoods you may have heard of are… Los Angeles is known for it’s many highways, called “Freeways,” and for the large amounts of time many “Angelinos” spend commuting to home and work in their automobiles.

  18. Beverly Hills

  19. Venice Beach/ Muscle Beach Santa Monica Malibu

  20. Downtown Little Tokyo Chinatown

  21. Pasadena South Los Angeles Anaheim Watts Westwood Burbank

  22. Quick Comparison A republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people) have impact on its government. The word originates from the Latin term res publica, which literally translates as "public thing" or "public matter". A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. A federation is the central government. The states in a federation also maintain all political sovereignty that they do not yield to the federation.

  23. Quick Comparison A parliamentary system, also known as parliamentarianism, is a system of government in which the executive is dependent on the direct or indirect support of the legislature (often termed the parliament), often expressed through a vote of confidence. A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. A federation is the central government. The states in a federation also maintain all political sovereignty that they do not yield to the federation.

  24. Quick Comparison A parliamentary republic or parliamentary constitutional republic is a form of a republic which operates under a parliamentary system of government. In contrast to a presidential republic and the semi-presidential system, the head of state usually does not have broad executive powers as an executive president would, because much of those powers have been granted to a "head of government" (usually called a prime minister). A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. A federation is the central government. The states in a federation also maintain all political sovereignty that they do not yield to the federation.

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