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 * What America Means To Me....Diversity**

__Events:__ -opening of Ellis Island -2008 election -Civil Rights Act of 1964-1965

__United States presidental election, 2008__ (Nov 4)

__2008 election was different from other election because it was the first time that:__ -an African American was elected President -a Roman Catholic was elected Vize President (Joe Biden) -two sitting senator ran against each other -the first in 56 years in which neither an incumbent president nor a vizepresident ran -the Republican Party nominated a woman for vize president (Sarah Palin) -both major party canditates were born outside of the lower 48 states -voter turnout was the highest in at least 40 years
 * **Nominee** || Barack Obama || John McCain ||
 * **Party** || Democratic || Republican ||
 * **Home state** || Illinois || Arizona ||
 * **Running mate** || Joe Biden || Sarah Palin ||
 * **Electoral vote** || 365 || 173 ||
 * **States carried** || 28+DC+NE-02 || 22 ||
 * **Popular vote** || 69,456,897 || 59,934,814 ||
 * **Percentage** || 52,9% || 45,7% ||

__Facts:__ -56th quadrennial United States presidental election -held on November 4, 2008 -key issues: George W. Bush's policies and actions and the Americans public's desire for change -main themes: domestic policy and the economic -during the 2008 presidental campain, the major-party canditates ran on a platform of change and reform in Washington -Democrat Barack Obama (junior US Senator of Illinois) defeated Republican John McCain (senior US Senator of Arizona) -selected electors from 50 states and the District of Columbia voted for President and Vize President of the US on Dez 15, 2008 -the voted were tallied before a joint session of January 8, 2008.

-** Passed by President, Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2nd, 1964. It made racial discrimination in places such as, theatres, hotels, restraunts, and other public places, illegal. It also made it illegal to withhold a job from someone because of their race. Every had to have equal opportunity to get the job. If there was evidence a business was doing this, federal funding would be cut off. It also ended segregation in swimming pools, libraries, and public schools. - The bill was passed by Johnson, but it was first introduced by John F. Kennedy. He introduced it to congress on June 11th, 1963, but congress didn't pass it becasue Kennedy was young and inexperienced. After Kennedy was assasinated, Johnson was able to pass the bill, becasue he was older and had more experience. Also, Johnson used the intimidation factor. He was big, and a little scary, so he could intimidate poeple into doing what he wanted. -The bill was first seen to only give african-americans rights, but was later changed to give rights to ALL citezens. (specifically women) - -[|**Kennedy's Speech**] -[|**The Document**]
 * Civil Rights Act of 1964-1965:

-President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs the document

__-Main Points of the doument__
 * Equal voting rights for everyone
 * Action against discrimination in public places
 * Desegregation of public facilities
 * Desegregation of public education
 * Action again discrimination in federal programs
 * Equal employment oppourtunities for everyone
 * Action against discrimination because of race, color,religion, sex, or national origen
 * Equal employment commision opportunity
 * prevention of unlawful employment practices
 * establishment of a community relations service

What is a community relations service? - [|**Click**]

**__Ellis Island__**
Ellis Island is an island in New York City. It opened January 1st, 1892. Ellis Island was the first stop for immigration to join a new Life in America.


 * __Ellis Islands Stops:__**

__St__//__op 1:__ The Arrival//New arrivals were taken by ferry to the main building at. Opened in 1892, the first immigrant to arrive was a 15-year-old girl from Ireland named Annie Moore to join her parents in New York City.

__//Stop 2://__ The Baggage RoomImmigrants entered the main building through its ground floor baggage room. They left their trunks, suitcases and baskets here until they were finished. Immigrants with only a few belongings carried their things as they climbed the stairs to the Great Hall for medical and legal examinations.

__//Stop 3: Stairways to the Great Hall://__ The first test the immigrants had to pass became known as the "six second medical exam." As the immigrants climbed the stairs to the Great Hall, doctors stood at the top and watched. They were looking for anyone having difficulty coming up the steps. If a medical problem or disability was suspected, one of seventeen different chalk marks was put on the person's clothing. They were then sent for a full physical examination. If they weren't marked, they went on to wait in the Great Hall.

__//Stop 4: Medical Exam://__ By 1917, complete were required for every immigrant. The main purpose of these exams was to find persons with contagious diseases or conditions that would make them unable to work. If their problem was curable, immigrants were sent to the island's hospital. If it was not, the steamship company that brought them would have to pay to send them back.

__//Stop 5: The Great Hall://__ was the large waiting room of Ellis Island. Immigrants waited here for their interviews with legal inspectors after finishing their medical exams. At best, the entire process through Ellis Island took three to five hours. But sometimes problems came up, like family members waiting for a relative to be treated in the hospital ward. Some families stayed for days on Ellis Island, others for weeks, and still others for months. //__Stop 6: Legal Inspections:__// After passing the medical exams, immigrants had to prove they could legally come into America. They had to prove their country of origin and where they expected to live and work once they entered the country. rejected any immigrant with a criminal record or those suspected of being By 1921, immigrants had to pass a and show a passport and visa.

//__Stop 7:Money Exchange:__// In the money exchange area immigrants exchanged the money of their homeland for dollars, and purchased any train tickets they needed. Laws passed in 1909 required each immigrant to have at least 20 dollars before they were allowed to enter America.

__//Stop 8: The Journey’s End://__ Just beyond the money exchange was the exit from. Staff members referred to this spot //as the kissing post// because of all the emotional reunions that were witnessed there. Two thirds of the new Americans then boarded a ferry to New Jersey, where the next leg of their American journey would begin. The remaining third took the ferryboat to Manhattan to begin their new life in New York City, only one mile away.

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