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3 national sports in USA: baseball, football(rugby) & soccer.

American flag:

• Colors: Red: Courage, White: Liberty, Blue: Loyalty

• Pattern:

13stripes: the first thirteenth colonies

50 stars: 50 present states

Germany, Spain, Portugal, UK were the first European settlers.

13 colonies of USA are also British colonies.

Virginia & Massachusetts: first & second permanent colonies

1882: Ban of Asian immigration -> to protect American citizen because Asian arehard-working and lower salary.

Persecution=discrimination: race, religion, social class.

INS: Immigration & Nationalize Service

1986: A new law against illegal immigrant

Why?

• Increasing population (Black, Asian)

• Conflicts on tradition

• Language learning ->person must get ESL certificate to nationalize

Contributions of immigrant:

•

Diversity: race, religion, culture

• Education: build up by British

• Food

• Political & social theories:



• Skills: keep farmings

Questions:

1) What three main situations have brought immigrants to the US?

• Political oppression

• Religious persecution

• Economic hardship

2) In ur opinion, is the US a melting pot, a salad bowl or a pizza?

• Melting pot: all ingredients are blended together to become mixture, its taste thesame.

• Pizza: ingredients are separated.

• America was made from immigrant who came from different countries. Theycontribute their races, cultures & religions just like a salad bowl with allingredients mixed together but still keep their own tastes.

In term of land: the fourth (after Russia, China & Canada)

In term of population: the third (after China, India)

Washington DC: not a state, a self-governing, not under the control of government.

The first largest ethnic group: Black

The second largest ethnic group: Hispanic

The father “Bill of Rights” (the first tenth amendments to the Constitution): Martin

Luther King

All men are created equal (Declaration of Independence)

Marriage & Family American

“Halves our grieves, double of joys & quadruples our expenses”.



Average age of marriage: 30

Bachelor party: the groom say goodbye a single man life.

Divorce:

• Who live with the children? -> Wife, commonly.

• Alimony: amount of money which husband give wife every month whendivorcing, even she doesn’t have any babies.

Types of family:

• Single – parent family: “un-marriage with children”

• Dual-earning family

• Mixed-race family

• Reunited family

• Extended family

• Nuclear family

• Domestic partnership: a family of homo-sexual

• Co-inhabitation

American etiquette

What is etiquette?

->Way to show respect and consideration for others

Reason: good manners, consideration for others, thoughtfulness, polite behaviors.

American attitudes:

• Compliments

• Avoid jokes of ethnic or religious humor

• Don’t ask personal questions



1. Economy is mainly based on private businesses.

2. Prices vary with changes in supply & demand.

3. Free-enterprise economy: complete freely, the role of gov: observation

4. Competition

5. Strikes

=>1, 2 & 4: giống VN

The free enterprise system: thị trường cạnh tranh tự do

• Little interference from Gov

•

More active role of Gov since 1930s, regulating industries of communications &transportations.

• Capitalist country: strike & monopoly (độc quyền)

• “Dirt under his fingernails”->evaluate experience rather than formal training.

Changes:

•

1750-1800: agriculture, industrial farming

• 1861-1865: civil war industry

• 1950-1960: rapidly developed, esp. South & South-West

• 1970: slow development (bc: invade so much->spend a lot of money)

• 1993: American Renaissance (về kinh tế)

• Now: industry-services, franchising

3 sectors of economy: Agriculture, Industry, Service

The present situation:

• Leading producer of oil, natural gas, coal, minerals.

• Developed agriculture



• Produces a lot, consumes a lot

• High technology

• Economic decline at present

American attitudes:

• The man who dies in rich is disgraced

• Insurance: unemployment benefits.

• “Fat-cat” business ->care product’s quality, don’t care about customer

• Experience rather than formal training

• “God helps them that help themselves”: trời chỉ giúp những người biết tự giúpmình

• Rags-to-riches stories: nghèo thành giàu

• No single welfare system, but rather & mosaic of measures: mỗi tiểu bang có 1chế độ phúc lợi khác nhau

Education

Education is a national concern, a state responsibility & a local function. A national concern: worry of central gov ->need to be sure that education is

available throughout the country.

A state responsibility: state need to provide fund/money to establish schoolin many places=>children can go to school easily.

A local function: establish curricula & textbook, education should meet thelocal needs.

Like the sun:

• Shine everywhere in the world

• Attract a lot of international students in the world

First college in USA: Harvard



Schools:

• Basic levels: free of charge

3 basic levels: elementary, middle and high school -> are considered as rights &

obligation

• Parochial school: established by religious groups, most of schools are Catholic.

• Secular school: education & gov do not have any relationship.

Purpose & Objectives:

American need to learn -> to get professional skill for future job, to get democracy.

Gov:

• Length of the school year & day

• Only the teachers with PhD are allowed to teach in colleges -> student & teacher qualifications.

• General curriculum requirements.

Local school district: free to decide all other details.

Nursery & Kindergartens school: not free of charge

College: ĐH ->được đào tạo thạc sỹ, tiến sỹ

Junior/ Community college: CĐ -> chỉ đào tạo cử nhân



GOVERNMENT

Federal government has more power than State government (because it only insidethe state), Federal has more power over other state, Federal would be given limited

power.

It include legislative branch, executive branch and judicial branch

• No branch can have power over than other branches

• If the president don’t agree, the bill return to the Congress, the bill becomethe law without president’s agreement

• President cannot control any branch

• Legislative branch can make the law, remove the president

• Executive branch can carry out the law

• Jusdicial branch can interpret the law

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

-legislative submit the bill with the Congress

-create a check-balances system with each branch dependent on the others

-3 main principles:

• Government of , for and by the people

• People can vote for their president

• People can ask for new laws or changes-Basic rights: freedom of speech

Freedom of religion

Right to have a trial



Right own property

CHECK& BALANCE

- The US Constitution gives each branch of the Federal government separate

and distinct powers and responsibilities.

- It also gives each branch ways to limit the power of the other two

- Federal system to keep the National government from becoming powerful

• To protect and deserve the union

• It is called federal government because the nation is a federation or association of states

-federal government also has the 3 same branches

-“Bicameral”- because it has 2 houses: upper house and lower house

• Upper house= the senate includes 100 members, term 6 years, at least 30yrs old, at least 9 yrs- citizen

• Lower house( house of representative) includes 435 members, term 2years, at least 25 yrs old and 7 years-citizen

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

- Includes president and vice president

- -give ideas for laws and treaties

- Is chef of army and navy

- 14 department, president can pardon, advises Congress

- Vice president đồng thời là chủ tịch của upper house

- Election of the president: at least 35 yrs old,14 yrs-citizen

- Electoral College: the people of the US vote for the electors who then votefor the president



- Each states: the number of selector = the number of the senate or representative( dân biểu)

JUDICIAL BRANCH

- Main duties of the Federal Court

- To hear cases about Federal Law and Constitution rights

- The Supreme Court appointed by the president with the senate’s approval

- 3 đường lối chung: fredoom

Order

Equality;- Two main party are Democrat( symbol: donkey), Republican (symbol:

elephant)

- reason people come to US:

• Political freedom

• Religion tolerance

• Political refugee fear for their life

• Some want free atmosphere

• Forced immigration

• Family reunification

•

Economic opportunity-better life, better job

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