1. 1.2 | Society, Culture, and Religion RECIPES pages 117-173
The United States
1.2 | Society, Culture, and Religion
RECIPES pages

2. Society “A nation of immigrants” America used to be mostly rural
Immigration populated America
Pilgrims, Founding Fathers, and the “land of the free”
America used to be mostly rural
Industrial revolution and cities
Followed by urban flight: suburbs
Urban decay
American social culture of home and car ownership
Some very modern areas, others very primitive
Internet common throughout
Obesity issues
Fast food
Sedentary lifestyles

3. Culture “A nation of immigrants” Mostly European immigrants
No formal “American” culture
A culture of “ideas” such as freedom
Mostly European immigrants
Influx of Asian led to banning of Chinese immigrants 1882
1924 slowed further immigration
Issues with immigration today
Varying cultures and ethnicities
The future of Hispanics
Issues with ethnic mixing

4. Religion The Pilgrims Immigration led to more religions
Protestant Christianity (Calvinists) from Northern Europe
Predestination
A “shining city on a hill” – John Winthrop
Immigration led to more religions
Catholicism from Southern Europe
Recently from Central and South America
Islam from the Middle East and Asia
Buddhism from East Asia
Separation of Church and State
Founding Father’s warning
“One Nation Under God” – 1954 Soviet Atheism
“In God We Trust” – Added by Congress in 1956
Replaced “E pluribus unum” (one out of many)