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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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Midwest
Culture; American culture
The Midwest is the most ambiguous and least welldefined of major American regions. In contrast to the South the West, or New England the Midwest has neither a sharp, clear historical identity nor a ...
Vietnam Syndrome
Culture; American culture
The US catastrophe in Vietnam gave rise to the popular belief in the 1970s that presidents would hesitate to commit American troops abroad again, fearing the indignation of electorates if they became ...
atheists
Culture; American culture
When the words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, it highlighted a profound contradiction in the culture of America as a nation built on the separation of church and state. ...
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Culture; American culture
The world’s largest feminist organization; the nation’s foremost women’s advocacy group. Founded in 1966 by twenty-eight women, including Betty Friedan and African American feminist and Episcopalian ...
Sunbelt/Rustbelt
Culture; American culture
Since the 1970s, the Sunbelt has agglomerated—and represented—disparate centers of population and economic growth, generally in the Southern tiers of the US from Florida to California. Some of these ...
horror films
Culture; American culture
While rooted in European myths and classic cinema (Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Nosferatu), the horror genre reveals dark recesses of American culture—so much so that other nations have tried to ban these ...
Pacific Rim
Culture; American culture
The West Coast has not only received the bulk of Asian American migration, but also has established increasingly strong commercial ties in the postwar era with sometimes burgeoning Asian states. The ...
