The cultural history of the United States is a broad topic, covering or having influence in many of the world's cultural aspects. Since the founding of the United States, in the 18th century various immigrant groups

Immigration to the United States

Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding ethnicity, economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants,...

 have been at play in the formation of the nation's culture. While different ethnic groups may display their own insular cultural aspects, throughout time a broad American culture has developed that encompasses the entire country. Developments in the culture of the United States in modern history have often been followed by similar changes in the rest of the world (American cultural imperialism).

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• Architecture of the United States
  Architecture of the United States
  The architecture of the United States demonstrates a broad variety of architectural styles and built forms over the country's history of over four centuries....
  
  
• Cinema of the United States
  Cinema of the United States
  The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...
  
  
• Christianity in the United States
  Christianity in the United States
  Christianity is the largest and most popular religion in the United States, with around 77% of those polled identifying themselves as Christian, as of 2009. This is down from 86% in 1990, and slightly lower than 78.6% in 2001. About 62% of those polled claim to be members of a church congregation...
  
  
• Cuisine of the United States
  Cuisine of the United States
  American cuisine is a style of food preparation originating from the United States of America. European colonization of the Americas yielded the introduction of a number of ingredients and cooking styles to the latter...
  
  
• Dance of the United States
  Dance of the United States
  Closely related to the development of American music in the early 20th century was the emergence of a new, and distinctively American, art form -- modern dance. Among the early innovators was Isadora Duncan , who stressed pure, unstructured movement in lieu of the positions of classical ballet...
  
  
• History of education in the United States
  History of education in the United States
  The history of education in the United States, or foundations of education, covers the trends in educational philosophy, policy, institutions, as well as formal and informal learning in America from the 17th century to today.-New England:...
  
  
• History of women in the United States
  History of women in the United States
  For Women's suffrage see also History of women's suffrage in the United States.For lesbians see also lesbian American history.This is a history of women in the United States.-1500–1600:...
  
  
• Literature of the United States
• Music history of the United States
  Music history of the United States
  The music history of the United States includes many styles of folk, popular and classical music. Some of the best-known genres of American music are blues, rock and roll, country, began with the Native Americans, the first people to populate North America...
  
  
• Music of the United States
  Music of the United States
  The music of the United States reflects the country's multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles. Among the country's most internationally-renowned genres are hip hop, blues, country, rhythm and blues, jazz, barbershop, pop, techno, and rock and roll. The United States has the...
  
  
• Poetry of the United States
  Poetry of the United States
  American poetry, the poetry of the United States, arose first as efforts by colonists to add their voices to English poetry in the 17th century, well before the constitutional unification of the thirteen colonies...
  
  
• Sculpture of the United States
  Sculpture of the United States
  The history of sculpture in the United States begins in the 1600s "with the modest efforts of craftsmen who adorned gravestones, Bible boxes, and various utilitarian objects with simple low-relief decorations." American sculpture in its many forms, genres and guises has continuously contributed to...
  
  
• Sports in the United States
  Sports in the United States
  Sports in the United States is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports are ones that developed in North America: American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey...
  
  
• Television in the United States
  Television in the United States
  Television is one of the major mass media of the United States. Ninety-nine percent of American households have at least one television and the majority of households have more than one...
  
  
• Theater of the United States
• United States religious history
• Visual arts of the United States
  Visual arts of the United States
  American art encompasses the history of painting and visual art in the United States. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, artists primarily painted landscapes and portraits in a realistic style. A parallel development taking shape in rural America was the American craft movement,...