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American culture
Art, music, literature, people, sports, technology, business, politics, religion and more in the United States. American culture is primarily Western, but is influenced by African, Asian, and Latin American and Native American cultures.
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John Birch Society
Culture; American culture
A small group of Americans organized the John Birch Society in 1958 to fight what they considered to be the growing influence of communism in the American government. Thought too radical by many the ...
game shows
Culture; American culture
A staple of American media whose format has extended to classrooms and social events. Mass media contests with celebrities, average citizens, or both, have offered rewards ranging from charity ...
V-chip
Culture; American culture
A technical device that supposedly allows parents to control their children’s TVwatching activities by screening out undesirable programs. The 1996 Telecommunication Act mandated that all TVs ...
television networks
Culture; American culture
A television network is a central organization that distributes its programming to local stations. Usually a network sends its programs via satellite or cable, and programs are aired at the same time ...
underclass
Culture; American culture
A term introduced by Time magazine in 1977 which describes what some saw as a new class of poor people, not cursed simply with a lack of money, but with a whole host of social pathologies, from ...
boat people
Culture; American culture
A term labeling two refugee populations. After 1975, many Vietnamese braved pirates, storms and starvation in the South China Sea to reach refugee camps in Hong Kong and other areas from which they ...
drug culture
Culture; American culture
A term often associated with the rebellion, lifestyles and attitudes formed around marijuana and psychedelic drugs in the 1960s. In fact, there have been many drug cultures in postwar America, ...
