101 Characteristics of Americans/American Culture To help you compare and contrast what you observe of American culture and your own‚ mark the similarities and differences between your culture and what you have read about in this book. 1. America is enormous: the third largest country in the world with a population of more than 300 million people. 2. Americans come in all colors‚ have all types of religions‚ and speak many languages from all over the world. 3. Americans are extremely independent
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Trying to define "the American character" is like trying to describe water. The American has been shaped by years of war‚ mistakes‚ immigrant experience‚ and national culture. As America grows ever more diverse‚ the question of what it means to be an American yields an increasingly complicated answer. How do Americans really see themselves today‚ and how does the world see Americans? Do we have a culture that is based on well accepted American values‚ or is our culture now a battleground among competing
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American culture is rich‚ complex‚ and unique. It emerged from the short and rapid European conquest of an enormous landmass sparsely settled by diverse indigenous peoples. Although European cultural patterns predominated‚ especially in language‚ the arts‚ and political institutions‚ peoples from Africa‚ Asia‚ and North America also contributed to American culture. All of these groups influenced popular tastes in music‚ dress‚ entertainment‚ and cuisine. As a result‚ American culture possesses an
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AMERICAN HOLOCAUST The other side of the story to our great American history is not as pretty as they teach us in grade school. The American Holocaust by David Stannard is a novel full of live excerpts from eyewitnesses to the genocide of the American Indians. He goes as far as to describe what life was most likely like before Europeans came to the Americas and obliterated the "Paradise" so described. Columbus even wrote how beautiful the places were in which he committed acts against the Natives
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sufficient in supporting their families. Many people pursued the American Dream‚ and there are plenty who still do today‚ and achieved it. Despite the many success stories that have taken place‚ they were not as likely to transpire during the 1930s as they would have been during another time period. Due to the poor economy and lack of abundant jobs‚ the U.S. had to go through drastic measures to ensure that Americans‚ specifically white Americans‚ had a better chance of finding employment. This included
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Costa Rican cuisine is known for being flavorful‚ yet fairly mild‚ with high reliance on fresh fruit and vegetables. Rice and black beans are a staple of most traditional Costa Rican meals‚ often served three times a day; gallo pinto‚ a breakfast dish of rice and beans mixed together with onions and bell peppers‚ is often considered the Costa Rican national dish. For lunch‚ the traditional meal is called a casado. It again consists of rice and beans served side by side instead of mixed. There
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M2 - Written Assignment 243234 -American Ethnic History September 28‚ 2014 Question: Recount three historical events that illustrate the various relations between colonists and the Indians who were natives of the North American continent. What do these three events tell us about the various relations between colonist and Native Americans? The relationship between the colonist and Native Americans were not always negative. The violence and civil wars that took place could have easily been avoided
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Would improving relationship with Cuba and the United States benefit the Cuban-Americans? Cuba and the United States Due to its highly strategic position in the Caribbean‚ Cuba has inevitably produced an unusually intimate connection with the United States. It is the nature of this connection‚ subsequently confirmed by formal arrangements and strengthened by economic penetration from the north‚ which the Cubans now find irksome and which they would alter so as to obtain greater freedom
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people trying to escape the island‚ government oppression‚ poverty and people disappearing without a trace. I used to think these things only happened during the time my grandparents lived there‚ but I was wrong. Recently‚ my cousin from Cuba came to Puerto Rico to visit me and my family. It was the first time he had ever visit our beautiful island. Since he arrived‚ all we talked about was about Cuba. For us it was something knew because it had been
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the aware of culture gap. It is done‚ focused on the comparison of the ways of giving compliment and responding to compliments between the English and the Vietnamese. Using the authenticable data from survey‚ which is conducted with 30 native speakers in each culture‚ this research is carried out with three sub-aims: (1) to find out similarities and differences between two cultures in
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