USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Individualism is the idea that:
A
Corruption, Poverty, & Crime determines success.
B
No matter how humble or meak your beginnings are, a person can still become successful through effort.
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the individualist, all values are human-centred, the individual is of supreme importance, and all individuals are morally equal. Individualism places great value on self-reliance, on privacy, and on mutual respect.

Detailed explanation-2: -individualism noun [U] (SINGLE) the idea that freedom of thought and action for each person is the most important quality of a society, rather than shared effort and responsibility.

Detailed explanation-3: -Individualism is an important concept in both economics and politics. Similar to collectivism it is a foundational principle to understand most ideological systems. At its heart, individualism is a set of principles centered on the belief in the moral worth of the individual.

Detailed explanation-4: -The French aristocratic political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) described individualism in terms of a kind of moderate selfishness that disposed humans to be concerned only with their own small circle of family and friends.

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