美国社会与文化名词解释.docx
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美国社会与文化名词解释
美国社会与文化名词解释
英美社会与文化名词解释
1.American Indians 美国印第安人
It is considered as native inhabitants of North America.
2.Mayflower Compact
It is the first document of self-government in American,and
it is the seed of American democracy.
3.The Civil Rights Movement
It is the blacks' struggle against racial discrimination and
demand for equal rights with the whites. The movement was
characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance.
4.Separation of powers
Due to the structural principle of U.S. federal
government.The doctrine that political power should be divided
among separate and independent bodies as a precaution against
tyranny or arbitrary excesses by government.Three branches of
government are created and power is shared among them.
5.baby boom 婴儿潮，生育高峰
It is a period marked by a greatly increased birth rate.It most
often refers to the post-WWⅡhigher birth rate in the United
States.It is a period from 1946 to 1964.It is estimated that 78.3
million Americans were born.it has been described variously as a
"shockwave" and as "the pig in the python."
6.McCarthyism
Anti-Communist hysteria in US during the 1950 launched by
McCarthy. The campaign of widespread persecution of many
people as Soviet spies.Its effects lasted for decades.
7.A salad bowl
It is alternative metaphors to describe the current American
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