What are characteristics of an American?
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What are characteristics of an American?
Some values and characteristics of American culture include:
- Independence.
- Privacy.
- Equality.
- Timeliness.
- Informality.
- Achievement.
- Directness.
- Future orientation.
What are traditional American values?
The basic ones are personal achievement, individualism, work, morality, humanitarianism, efficiency and practicality, progress and material comfort, equality, democracy, and freedom. Some of the values in America are supported in other countires while some values are considered strange or immoral.
What is an American ideal?
Lincoln affirmed the ideals of America — freedom, justice, equality for all — and the personal ideals of honesty, integrity, command of facts, common sense and service to a greater good.
What makes the United States unique?
Our geography: rich soil for farming,a frontier to encourage immigration,and the Atlantic Ocean to separate us from European conflict.
What makes America exceptional?
What makes America exceptional. Yet America will continue as it was envisioned, as long as those of various races and colors are committed to the country’s original ideals. The Founders’ notion of the rule of law, coupled with freedom of the individual, explains why America runs on merit, not tribal affinities or birth.
What makes America so great?
America is great because Americans are kind. America is great because of our constitutional republic, our system of checks and balances, our system of justice based on the rule of law, the presumption of innocence, the right to a fair trial and other protections demanding government uphold the rights of citizens.
Why is America exceptional?
America, meaning the United States, is exceptional because it is the only nation built upon the idea that people are born with inalienable natural rights, and that governments exist to protect and preserve these rights.