The Culture of the US Vrs the Philippines

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and of immigrants. We have become a “multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-gender nation” (Philippine Post Magazine np). “The hyphenation of American citizens” (Philippine Post Magazine np) is an indication of diversity; with this diversity comes differences in its culture. “America’s cultural history is a record of conditions that that produced all kinds of innovations and the behavior of individuals as they respond to these conditions” (Crunden 99). American culture is a mixture of Christianity, capitalism, and democracy. The Revolution and Civil War forced everyone to “rethink” American culture and fastened Northern religious, economic, and political ideas on a nation (Crunden 10). The United Stated has a sectional culture: north distinct from south and west (Crunden 10). How does this eclectic American culture compare to the cultural conditions that exist in the Philippine Islands?
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Government
The United States if America is a democratic federal republic. Individual states hold sovereignty over their territory and have rights that are not reserved by the federal government (Brigham Young University 276). Within each state is a legislature. This governs only the state and enacts laws for its citizens of that state. On a larger scale is the federal government. The federal government serves the purpose of governing the nation as a whole. The federal government is led by th...