The term Yankee and its contracted form Yank have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Their various meanings depend on the context, and may refer to New Engl
Manifest Destiny, settlement of the United States
Boston, New England capital
President Calvin Coolidge of New England
Anti-Americanism is a term that can describe several sentiments and positions, including opposition to, fear of, distrust of, prejudice against, or hatred toward the United States, its federal governm
Yankee
…as an anti-American slur in South Korea, and is often used in the exclamation "Yankee go home!" (『양키 고 홈!』). In Turkey, the term "yankee" is tied with anti-American and anti-imperialist ideologies dating back to the Cold War. The phrase "Yankee go home!" was popularized locally by leftist student movements during…
Protest march against the Vietnam War in Stockholm, Sweden, 1965
An anti-American mural on display at the Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities in North Korea depicts the torture of a North Korean woman by American soldiers during the Korean War.
A 1944 Nazi Germany propaganda poster aimed at the Dutch, from a Norwegian World War II poster by Harald Damsleth
The World Trade Center in New York City (pictured) and the U.S. Department of Defense Headquarters were among the targets attacked on September 11, 2001.