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American culture is rich, complex, and unique. Americans come in all colors, have all types of religions, and speak many languages. American culture is more often defined by its popular and democratically inclusive features.
American culture is rich, complex, and unique. Americans come in all colors, have all types of religions, and speak many languages. American culture is more often defined by its popular and democratically inclusive features.
American culture is rich, complex, and unique. Americans come in all colors, have all types of religions, and speak many languages. American culture is more often defined by its popular and democratically inclusive features.
1. The six elements relating to the developed of the US.
2. The features of the American culture.
The American people express their culture through traditions in food, clothing, recreation and ceremonies; through the education system and institutions of learning including museums and libraries; and through the arts, encompassing the visual, literary, and performing arts. American culture is rich, complex, and unique. Americans come in all colors, have all types of religions, and speak many languages from all over the world. They are extremely independent, individualistic, and like to be different from each other. All of groups influenced popular tastes in music, dress, entertainment, and cuisine. Americans everywhere. The country is strongly committed to democracy, in which views of the majority prevail, and strives for equality in law and institutions characteristics such as democracy and equality flourished in the American environment long before taking firm root in European societies, where the ideals originated. American culture is more often defined by its popular and democratically inclusive features, such as blockbuster movies, television comedies, sports starts, and fast food While America is probably most well known for its popular arts, Americans partake in an enormous range of cultural activities. Besides books and magazines, Americans also attend museums, operas and ballets in large numbers. American culture has come to symbolize what is most up to date and modern. American culture has also become increasingly international and imported by countries around the world.
3. The differences between the British and American education. 4. The meanings of the motto E pluribus Unum. E Pluribus Unum is the United States motto, appearing on the nations coins and paper money, and on many of its public monuments. It is a Latin phrase which is meant From many, one, is a phrase on the Seal of United States, along with Annuit coeptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782. That process of creating one society out of many different backgrounds is one of the biggest stories of the American experience. First used to unify the 13 British colonies in North America during the American Revolution (1775-1783), this phrase acquired new meaning when the United States received wave after way of immigrants from many lands. The goal of E Pluribus Unum has been closely connected with an ongoing debate. Creating one from the many, then, has been inseparable from deciding how democratic the nation will be. Accordingly, a second theme of this set of articles on the U.S is the growth of democracy in the nation and in its institution and culture. Each of the articles is one part of the jigsaw puzzle that is the American experience. 5. The forces that shaped the American culture. American people make some changes to identify themselves to culture. There are 5 forces that shaped American culture: a. Important Traditions: Traditions were important: painting, literature. They were from European, China and Japan. b. The Emergence of an American Voice: American culture first developed a unique American voice during the 19 th century. This voice included a cultural identify and to a divine mission. The new American voice had liberating effects on how the culture was perceived, by Americans and by others. c. Immigration and Diversity The U.S was becoming more diverse as immigrants streamed into the country, settling especially in Americas growing urban areas. Americans social diversity began to find significant expression in the arts and culture. d. Development and Mass Media The first Mass Media was new technologies: the motion-picture camera; the photograph revolutionized the arts. Then, the movies, the photograph and somewhat later, the radio make entertainment, experiencing elaborately produced dramas all types of music. e. The Impact of Consumerism Popular culture is liked to the growth of consumerism, the repeated acquisition of an increasing variety of goods and services. Indeed, products consumed and owned, rather than professional accomplishments or personal ideals, are often the standard of success in American society.