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Foundations of American Democracy

Question 5 • TX-US History Studies Since 1877 B-Credit Recovery Summer School

Which best describes Alexis de Tocqueville?

Answer
A
He was an American revolutionary who advocated for the inclusion of “uniquely American” values in the Declaration of Independence.
B
He was an American revolutionary who attempted to spread American democracy around the world.
C
He was a French historian and political scientist who championed “uniquely American” values such as egalitarianism.
D
He was a French historian and political scientist who tried to bring the French political system to America.

Explanation

Alexis de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian who studied American society and democracy, especially in his work Democracy in America. He admired features of American life such as equality of conditions and civic participation. He was not an American revolutionary, nor was he trying to transplant France’s political system to the United States, so the best choice is “a French historian and political scientist who championed ‘uniquely American’ values such as egalitarianism.”

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