American Things

Pizza – Naples, Italy

Hotdog – Germany

French Fries – Belgium

Apple Pie – Europe

Cowboy – Northern Mexico

Horses – Spain

Border Collie – U.K.

Cows – Spain

Jeans – originally, Genoa, Italy;Levi Strauss, German Immigrant

American Football – from Rugby, U.K.

Fireworks –China

The Star Spangled Banner – melody, Britain

The Statue of Liberty – France

Justin Bieber –Canada

Melting Potvs.

Salad Bowl+

Nativism

Melting PotAssimilation:Blending of many cultures into one culture

Salad BowlCultural pluralism: many cultures coexist within a society and maintain their cultural differences

NativismThe belief that the native-born population is superior to newcomers