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2、daysImmigrationistheactofmovingtoorsettlinginanothercountryorregionpermanently.Animmigrantissomeonewhointendstoresidepermanently,andnotacasualvisitorortraveler.Americawasseenas,“thelandofopportunity.”AmericanCultureandHolidaysWhydopeopleimmigrate?Peopleimmigra
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4、doesnothaveahomogenouspopulationoratraditionalhomeland.AmericanCultureandHolidaysAmericancultureislargelythoughtofas“Western”andmostcultureisadaptedfrom“European”and“British”culture,withsomeinfluencesfromthenativeAmericanIndians,AfricansbroughttotheU.S.asslave
5、s,andothermorerecentimmigrantsfromAsiaandelsewhere.Additionally,duetoitslargesizeandthevalueplacedonindividualism,therearemanyintegratedbutuniquesubcultureswithintheU.S.AmericanCultureandHolidaysHowoldisAmerica?AmericanCultureandHolidaysAmericawasdiscoveredin1
6、492byChristopherColumbusAmericanCultureandHolidaysTheBritishpilgrimscolonizedAmericain1620AmericanCultureandHolidaysTheUnitedStateswasformedin1776.AmericanCultureandHolidaysBut…HowoldisAmerica?Americawasaroundalotlongerthan1492.AmericanCultureandHolidaysAmeric
7、anCultureandHolidaysAbout1.5millionNativeAmericanslivedinAmericabefore1492.WecallthesepeopletheindigenouspeopleoftheAmericas,ornativeAmericanIndians.AmericanCultureandHolidaysChristopherColumbusdiscoveredAmericain1492andexploiteditsnativeAmericans,bringingthem
8、toEuropeasslaves.HealsoiscreditedforbringingmanyAfricanslavestoAmericaandEuropeasaworkforce.AmericanCultureandHolidaysNativeAmericansgotthename“Indians”becauseChristopherColumbusth
