USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which belief, associated with the frontier experience, led many Americans to firmly believe they could face challenges, survive adversity, and ultimately control their destiny?
A
Social Darwinism
B
Realism
C
Rugged Individualism
D
Popular Culture
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -While the term is often associated with the notion of laissez-faire and associated adherents, it was actually coined by United States president Herbert Hoover.

Detailed explanation-2: -Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined-by God, its advocates believed-to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.

Detailed explanation-3: -American frontier, in United States history, the advancing border that marked those lands that had been settled by Europeans. It is characterized by the westward movement of European settlers from their original settlements on the Atlantic coast (17th century) to the Far West (19th century).

Detailed explanation-4: -Frontier individualism is partly but not entirely explained by selective migration. Frontier conditions favored individualism through higher socioeconomic returns, and they created expectations of high income growth through effort, which fueled opposition to government intervention.

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