American Exceptionalism

Question 1

Patria

Answer 1

Latin for “fatherland,” from the Greek Petris, also the root word from the word patriot.

Question 2

Greek cardinal virtues

Answer 2

Elements of Greek Areté. Temperance, currents, wisdom, and justice.

Question 3

Christian virtues

Answer 3

Ideals of morality based on Christian principles. Meekness, compassion, love for one’s neighbor, etc. That should lead lives of common decency and public uprightness.

Question 4

Morality

Answer 4

A system of conduct based on beliefs of right and wrong.

Question 5

Liberty

Answer 5

An ideal of freedom from oppression, turning, and the government, allowing individuals to pursue happiness through positive action.

Question 6

Alexis De Tocqueville

Answer 6

Frenchman who wrote democracy in America, in which he explored the uniqueness of American character and it’s sources.

Question 7

Modernism

Answer 7

Hey cultural movement embracing human empowerment and rejecting traditionalism as outdated. Rationality, industry, and technology were cornerstones of progress and human achievement.

Question 8

Postmodernism

Answer 8

Hey skeptical paradigm that critiques the ideals of modernism such as materialism and rational purpose and questions the true objective of viewpoints.

Question 9

American exceptionalism

Answer 9

The idea that the American experience was different or unique from others, and therefore America had a unique or special role in the world, such as a “city upon a hill.”