•A major difference between the U.S. and other countries
is that the U.S. is a
nation of immigrants
•Political socialization is the process by which parents
and others teach children
about the values, beliefs, and attitudes of a political culture
•Geography
and national identity:
•Geographically
large and isolated country
•Alexis de Tocqueville-no great wars, no invasions or
conquest (Democracy in America)
The primary focus of Democracy in America is an
analysis of why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while
failing in so many other
places.
•Manifest destiny- a divine mission to subdue the whole
of N. America, by force if
necessary, allotted by Providence
•Abundant
natural resources