CH. 21-2 FARMERS DILEMMA CH. 21-2 FARMERS DILEMMA

Farm Subsidies- govt. pays farmers $$ when crop prices are low

Feast- 1970’s farmers had high demand which led to high prices for their crops

Famine- 1980’s farmers suffered from a decline in demand and prices

Poverty- 1980’s with high inflation and unemployment millions were living in poverty

Homeless rate skyrocketed

DRUG USE DRUG USE

Drug use became a problem during the late 1960’s

1980’s drug use began to spread into the small towns and country side

DRUG ABUSE

NEW IMMIGRANTSNEW IMMIGRANTS

90% of immigrants now come from Asia and L. America

They need to possess a skill to be admitted

Rise of illegal immigrants from Mexico

IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1965IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1965

20,000 max per country Preference given to skilled workers and those with family ties

Rise of Nativism again in the U.S.

IMMIGRATION REFORM AND IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT OF 1986CONTROL ACT OF 1986

Fined those that employed illegal immigrants

Allows those that can prove they have been here before 1982 to become citizens

CHANGING AMERICA CHANGING AMERICA

Life expectancy is now greater

Social Security- taxes and cost of living adjustments have been made

Baby boomers soon retiring will impact our Social Security System