Core Values That Americans Share

Question 1

Liberty

Answer 1

Most revered value in American culture
Liberty over authors
Individual liberty= focus of political authority and test of its worth

Question 2

Equality

Answer 2

Ye shunned aristocracy, constitution prohibits governments from granting titles of nobility
Believe every individual had right to equal protection under law

Question 3

Individualism

Answer 3

Commitment to individuals, who has both rights and responsibilities
Know individual rights can conflict with governments need to maintain order

Question 4

Rule of law

Answer 4

Gov based on body of law applied equally and by just procedures, as opposed to arbitrary rule by an elite (monarch)

Question 5

Democracy

Answer 5

Majority rule gov

Question 6

Natural rights

Answer 6

Rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights. Gov must be limited and controlled bc it was a threat to these rights