Cultural Imperialism In The United States

The imperialist spirit of the United States was inherited from England after the U.S. broke away from its mother country in 1775. The young country wanted to spread its ways of living across its landscape, creating defined boarders on both sides that separated it from its English predecessors. Thus America’s New Frontier was born. America built up its imperialistic nature throughout the 19th century and on into the 20th century, flexing its muscles and establishing itself as a new world superpower. The modern United States no longer finds land to claim, but instead is involved with a Cultural Imperialism, which has affected how other countries around the world feel about the United States.

American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is the practice by which large, powerful nations seek to expand and maintain control or influence on a weaker nation. Throughout the years, America has had a tendency to take over other people's land. America had its first taste of Imperialistic nature back when Columbus came to America almost five hundred years ago. He fought the inhabitants with no respect for their former way of life, took their land, and proceeded to enslave many of these Native Americans. The impact of the 1820's and 1830's on American Imperialism is undeniable. Although the military power was not fully there during this time period, their ideals and foreign

American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is practice by which powerful nations or people seek to expand and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples. Throughout the years there has been many instances where the Americans have taken over other people countries, almost every time we go into we have taken over a new piece of land. The Americas first taste of imperialism came about five hundred years ago when Columbus came to America. We fought the pleasant inhabitants and then took over their land making them slaves. Americans over the years have been known to become almost selfish, no matter how much we have we will never be happy until we control the

Imperialism could be considered as a defining characteristic of America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Imperialism is defined as “a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force” (Imperialism and Immigration). When it comes to imperialism in America, I must say that other factors were more influential than social Darwinism. Although I do agree to a certain extent that social Darwinism did play a big role, things such as expansionist objectives, European activity, and economic opportunity overall had a bigger part in the movement.

However, before I begin discussing American Imperialism, it is important to first create an interpretation of what imperialism and empire means. The term "empire" has a wide range of meanings. In the United States, there is no emperor and its head of state is the democratically elected president. Therefore, the United States does not meet the definition of empire in the literal sense of a group of states under a single supreme emperor. However, in a more abstract interpretation, the United States is an empire as it has sovereignty over: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam and other overseas territories in the current day, as well as territories in the Pacific Ocean such as the

The United States is shaped by its cultural myths. Cultural myths are widespread views or notions that are held and propagated by a nation to enforce its values. Among the great American cultural myths is the cultural myth of “educational empowerment” (Mann 110). It is the idea that the quantity of schooling is the yardstick of intelligence and the singular predictor of success. The notion that children fed into the machinery of education at an early age will be extruded further along the process equally and efficiently educated. However, like all cultural myths it is misleading, if not outright false. Problems in education throughout American history have made access to a good education difficult, if not

The United States is abundantly diverse in distinct cultures. There are cultures coming from all around the world mixed up into one little area. So the crossing of cultures is inevitable. It will not be hard to catch yourself using another cultures customs, beliefs, styles, and/or traditions without putting much thought into it. Ultimately when one of these many things is borrowed, from one culture to the other, no insult is purposefully made. Depending on what was adopted or stolen if not careful enough it could be a huge insult to the owning culture. This is where the term cultural appropriation comes into play. Many are confused as to why using something from one culture and making it their own could cause offense to the owning culture. A lot of people think the concept is

In the recent time, there is an abundant amount of debate, in America, about the supposed glorification of controversial items. Among the list of items in controversy are the naming conventions of buildings and certain military outposts, the confederate flags, and some monuments of Civil War figures on the Confederate States side. Americans all over the country, stemming from various backgrounds, are calling for the cultural appropriation of America and the removal of these aforementioned items. I, for one, feel that these Americans should stop being so sensitive.

American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is the practice by which large, powerful nations seek to expand and maintain control or influence on a weaker nation. Throughout the years, America has had a tendency to take over other people's land. America had its first taste of Imperialistic nature back when Columbus came to America almost five hundred years ago. He fought the inhabitants with no respect for their former way of life, took their land, and proceeded to enslave many of these Native Americans. The impact of the 1820's and 1830's on American Imperialism is undeniable. Although the military power was not fully there during this time period, their ideals and foreign

As an essential part of culture, art is arguably at the core of culture, which naturally leads to the importance of art censorship in America’s Culture Wars. Also, decision for selecting art works which could own fellowship and funding reflected the conflict in politics between different parties and groups. So, the significance of censorship would be questioned and the standard of choosing some outstanding works to receive funds would be attacked in this American Culture war.

The shaping of any culture requires adaptation to their environment and its problems, such as economical, social and geographical, and the learning from these in order for their culture to live by and survive. The Christian Church would prove the most important in shaping a new European religious civilization. In as much as Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam undergirded civilizations in Asia and Africa, Christianity served as the basic unifying force that held together the new European civilization. (Sivers 2015) This process entails having the ability of shaping ones behavior in order to survive and have this same behavior passed onto the following generations.

1. Osama bin Laden is perhaps one of the most well known extreme Islamic fundamentalists in modern history because of his acts of terrorism against the United States. Even after his death al-Qaeda continues to function and other extremist groups, such as ISIS, continue to sow death and destruction in the Middle East. I will try to discuss why fundamental religious movements have continued to grow over the last several decades. First I would like to comment on the incredible diversity of Islamic opinion and as well as the variety of Islamic fundamentalist groups. There are many different groups or individuals claiming to be the official religious authority of Islam but there is no true unanimous leader since the caliphs ended. The views

Imperialism in America is the philosophy that the United States uses to control and affect the other countries. It is military, cultural and economic philosophy. This term of domination has been applied in the 19th and 20th centuries. This influence is closely associated with into foreign territories expansion. Different scholars and philosophers view this term differently. For example, in a Marxist, communist point of view, imperialism would be viewed as part of a capitalist state, whereas others view it as organized domination with the use of military power. Throughout history, it is easy to say that the U.S has used imperialist ideologies to expand their

Cultural Imperialism is the social phenomenon of accepting and establishing one culture over another. Those who are in power set the cultural norms in American society. The set of values that people in power have establish the standards and structure of a society. The dominating culture prevails in society because regulations and policies are communicated as normal. Western civilization is the “accepted” culture in the United States, America benefits and takes from other cultures while oppressing that culture at the same time. When discussing social justice issues it seems to always lead back to asking who is in power? For example, President Donald Trump has expressed his views on American Immigrants in this country and the rejection of any culture that isn’t “western.” Yet our society takes from different cultures; fashion, food, and language but are only seen as normal when consumed by the dominant culture.