1.) Native Americans
- How much land was originally taken from Native Americans by Americans
- Conditions of the reservations created by the U.S. Government
- The impact that losing their ancestral grounds had on the Native Americans and their culture
2.) European Immigrants
- Primary reasons why immigrants left their native countries during the early 1900’s
- Standards and Procedures at Ellis Island
- Cheap labor and work provided for immigrants as well as the ethnic neighborhoods created for immigrants to live in
3.) LGBT Groups
- Policies for gay rights in U.S. – Political activism and gay rights advancements throughout American history
- How LGBT community came to be in the early 90’s
- Bullying and LGBT Youth
4.) Illegal Immigrants (Primarily from Mexico)
- Policies on border patrol
- Motivations behind immigration
- Racial Profiling – the passage of Arizona SB 1070
5.) Japanese in America during WWII
- Anti-Japanese paranoia after Pearl Harbor
- Quality of Japanese concentration camps
- Korematsu vs. The United States – Japanese struggle fight relocation
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