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American Art• Mary Cassatt• “Mother and Child”• Impressionism

American Art• Grant Wood• “American Gothic”• Regionalism

American Art• Andy Warhol• “Marilyn Monroe”• Pop Art

American Art• Andrew Wyeth• “Christina’s World”• Regionalism

American Art• Edward Hopper• “Night Hawks”• Realism

American Art• Georgia O’Keefe• “A Calla Lily Turned

Away”• Precisionism or Cubist

Realism

American Art• James McNeill Whistler• “Whistler’s Mother”• Realism

American Art• Winslow Homer• “Snap the Whip”• Impressionism

American Art• Alice Neel• “Two Girls Spanish

Harlem”• Modernism

American Art• John Singer Sargent• “Nonchaloir” (Repose)• Portraiture

Architects and Architecture

• Thom Mayne• Gordon Bunshaft• Philip Johnson• Frank Lloyd Wright• Louis Sullivan• Charles Bulfinch• Architecture

American Writers and their Works

• Ernest Hemingway- The Old Man and the Sea• William Faulkner- The Sound and the Fury• F. Scott Fitgerald- The Great Gatsby• Herman Melville: Moby Dick• John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath• Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry

Finn• Ray Bradbury: Farenheit 451

Famous Hollywood Directors

Steven Spielberg

Peter Jackson

Tim Burton

James Cameron

Christopher Nolan

Quentin Tarantino

Famous Actors

Highest Paid Actors (in millions)

• Tom Hanks ($35)• Will Smith ($36)• Adam Sandler ($40)• Johnny Depp ($50)• Leonardo DiCaprio ($77)

Famous Actresses

Highest Paid Actresses(in millions)

• Angelina Jolie ($30)• Sarah Jessica Parker ($30)• Jennifer Aniston ($28)• Reese Witherspoon ($28)• Julia Roberts ($20)

Highest Grossing Movies of 2011

Transformers 2 Kung Fu Panda 2 Twilight: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1

HP: Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Oscars 2011• Actor in a leading role

– Colin Firth “The King’s Speech”• Actor in a supporting role

– Christian Bale “The Fighter”• Actress in a leading role

– Natalie Portman “Black Swan”• Actress in a supporting role

– Melissa Leo “The Fighter”• Animated Feature Film

– “Toy Story 3”• Best Picture

– “The King’s Speech”

American Sports

• Baseball (MBA)• American Football (NFL)• Basketball (NBA)• Ice Hockey (NHL)• Outdoor sports (fishing, hunting)• Extreme sports (BMX, skateboarding)

Sports Events

Superbowl (football)

NBA finals (basketball)

The Masters (golf)

World Series (baseball)

U.S. Open (tennis)

Indianapolis 500 (car racing)

Kentucky Derby (horse racing)

X-games (extreme sports)

Classic American Athletes

• Basketball– Michael Jordan

• Baseball– Babe Ruth

• Boxing– Muhammad Ali

• Hockey– Wayne Gretzky

• Track/Field– Jesse Owens

Highest Paid Athletes

• Golf– Tiger Woods ($75 million)

• Basketball– Kobe Bryant ($53 million)

• Baseball– Alex Rodriguez ($35 million)

• Football– Tom Brady ($31 million)

American Cuisine

• New England clam chowder (Massachusetts)

• Pastrami (New York)

American Cuisine

• Shoofly pie (Pennsylvania)

• Smithfield ham (Virginia)

American Cuisine

• Po-boys (Louisiana)

• Fajitas (Texas)

American Cuisine

• Chicago hot dogs (Illinois)

• Chile verde (New Mexico)

American Cuisine

• San Francisco sourdough (California)

• Olympia oysters (Washington)

Top 10 Businesses in America• Gasoline

• Exxon Mobil• Chevron

• Computer• Apple• Microsoft• Google

• I.B.M.• G.E.• Wal-Mart Stores• Berkshire Hathaway• Johnson & Johnson

Popular Clothing Brands• Levi Strauss• Abercrombie & Fitch• DKNY• Wrangler or Lee• Nike• Vera Wang• Marc Jacobs• Calvin Klein• Ralph Lauren• Gap

American Trends