Identifying Subcultural Influence in American Consumer Behavior Americans take for granted many of the products, services, and customs we enjoy.

Identifying Subcultural Influence in American Consumer Behavior

Americans take for granted many of the products, services, and customs we enjoy. Yet the fact that very few of these are actually American inventions is something we never really think about. As one of the youngest countries on the planet, how can they not have originated elsewhere!?

For this assignment, you will choose 10 of the listed products, services, activities, or customs listed below and research where these originated the overwhelming majority of these did not originate in the US. 

I am looking for the country where it was invented and first sold to consumers...

apple pie

automobiles

ball point pen

beer

caesar salad

carbonated drinks

chewing gum

Chocolate

christmas tree

coffee

Contact lenses

contraceptive pill

Donuts

electric guitar

eyeglasses

Fortune cookie

french fries

fried chicken

golf

halloween

hamburgers

Handshakes

health clubs

ice cream

Ketchup

kites

make-up

Noodles

pasta

Peanut butter

radio

salt

shampoo

Skiing

saunas

soccer

Subway travel

television

tipping

Tossing bouquet

wristwatch

Yoga

yogurt

Coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia in the 11th centuary. It was sold first in London atGarways Coffee house in 1657.Beer was first invented in Mesopotamia, early evidence of beer is a...