American culture

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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ethnic slurs

Culture; American culture

Underlying generations of ethnic and racial separation in America is a complex mixture of competition, envy and suspicion of the “other.” Ethnic slurs have been and continue to be used to define and ...

Congress

Culture; American culture

The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government, established by Article I of the Constitution. Congress comprises the 435-member House of Representatives and the ...

ice cream

Culture; American culture

While not an American invention, this popular dessert has stimulated American ingenuity as well as consumption. The US claims invention of ice-cream sodas (1879, Detroit, MI), sundaes (Evanston, ...

theme parks

Culture; American culture

Sites of mass entertainment, incorporating rides (rollercoasters, carousels, etc.), games, shows, curiosities, animals and junk food, which became staples of American urban leisure in the late ...

psychology and psychiatry

Culture; American culture

The study of mind and behavior represents links with the life sciences, the social sciences, the humanities and therapeutic domains, including both the medical specialization of psychiatry and ...

Ku Klux Klan

Culture; American culture

The Ku Klux Klan is America’s oldest terrorist hate group. It was founded in December 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee by several well-educated exConfederate soldiers. The group took its name from the ...

Milwaukee, WI

Culture; American culture

With port access to Lake Michigan, Milwaukee developed in the nineteenth century as a major Midwestern producer of metals, machinery capital goods and beer (Miller, Pabst). German immigration in the ...