American Culture
From where were the people who shaped the values and traditions that became the dominant,
traditional culture of the U.S?
Early settlers came to the North American continent and established colonies because they wanted to be free from....
the power of kings, priests, and noblemen
Most Americans are this religion
to be different or to become different or change
vary
Why are most Americans opposed to welfare?
Because of their idea of self-reliance
This is the term that Zangwill used to describe the United States.
The "Melting Pot"
There are no titles of nobility in the United States because...
They are forbidden by the Constitution
The belief in hard work and self-discipline
in pursuit of material gain and other goals
is often referred to as...
The Protestant or Puritan work ethic
a guess that you make based on the information you have about the size, amount, etc., of something
estimate
What is the American concept of "fair play?"
the race for success is a fair
one and that a person does not win just
because he or she was born into a wealthy
family, or lose because of race or religion.
By the late 1900s, more than 90% of all immigrants came from these three places.
Latin America, Caribbean, and Asia
The 3 traditional values and the price to be paid for each of them:
Individual freedom vs. self-reliance
Material wealth vs. hard work
Equality of opportunity vs. competition
Every individual was solely responsible for his or her own relationship with God.
Priesthood of all believers
Not supporting either side of an argument
neutral
Protestant leaders viewed the work of all people as:
holy
The principle that people of different races, religions, and political beliefs can live together peacefully in the same society.
Cultural Pluralism
What Americans mean by freedom.
The desire and the right of all individuals to control their own destiny without outside interference from the government, the church, or a ruling class.
The most dramatic example of the idea of self-improvement is...
"Being born again."
an idea or theory that is not proven but that leads to further study or discussion
a hypothesis
Why has material success been accepted as a measure of social status in the United States?
Because Americans rejected the
European system of hereditary aristocracy
and titles of nobility, they had to find a
substitute for judging social status.
In spite of all its diversity, this is a tie that binds Americans together.
a sense of national identity
This became the slogan for the "American Dream"
Going from rags to riches.
Many scholars believe that the emphasis
on these two values made an important
contribution to the industrial growth
of the United States.
hard work and self-discipline.
to become or to cause (something) to become less in size, importance,
diminish
Who said:
"Culture hides much more than it reveals, and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participants. Years of study have convinced me that the real job is not to understand foreign culture but to understand our own."
Edward T. Hall