U'S' and CANADA Cultures and Lifestyles

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U.S. and CANADACultures and Lifestyles
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Religious Freedom

• Most people who migrated to the United States and
  Canada did so for freedom of religion.
• Most people in the US and Canada today are
  Protestant and Roman Catholic.

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Languages

• English came to the US and Canada from Great
  Britain.
• Canada is a bilingual country because they have
  English and French are the official languages.
• Most French-Speaking people in the U.S. live in
  Louisiana.
• Most Spanish-Speaking people live in the
  Southwest and Florida.
• In California there are many Asian Languages.

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The Arts

• Early Native Americans made carvings out of
  stone, and made other clay and woven crafts.
• Colonial architecture was influenced by European
  styles.
• Most literature from the 1800s was realistic
  fiction.
• In the 1900s
  jazz was
  developed and
  rock in
  
  the 1950s

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A Mobile Society

• People in the US and Canada usually move to
  increase business and to get better housing or
  education.
  
  
• Cars have helped people move all over this
  region.
• Mobile- Moving from place to place.

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Standard of Living

• US and Canada are among the richest countries in
  the world.
• Our region has many housing varieties for each
  class.
• Food is inexpensive because of the agricultural
  surplus.

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Health Care

• People in US and Canada live generally long,
  healthy lives.
• Their governments support the health of citizens.
• The US provides Medicare and Medicaid for
  older and disabled people.
• A proposal was denied for national
  healthcare in the 1900s.
• Canada has socialized medicine

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Education

• US and Canada have public and private schools.
• Both countries have 12 grades.
• US has a literacy rate of 97
• Canada has a literacy rate of 96
• Literacy Rate- out of 100 people over age 15
  who can read and write.

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Sports and Recreation

• Major sports in the US and Canada are baseball,
  basketball football and hockey.
• Many people visit National Parks all over the
  region.

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HOLIDAYS
Thanksgiving on the turkey farm

• Shared religious celebrations
• patriotic/ national
• - U.S. Independence Day
• - Canada Day

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