What does de tocqueville say about individualism in america

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Case Study: This excerpt that you are about to read by Alexis de Tocqueville is taken from his book "Democracy in America". Tocqueville traveled throughout the United States to learn about democracy as it was the first and only successful experiment of the time. Read this excerpt and think deeply about what de Tocqueville says about individualism in a democracy and what he terms 'the tyranny of a majority'.

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In your responses to the following questions, you are to pull 4-5 in-text citations from the readings by the various authors. Students may also cite from the textbook in addition to the other sources in this lesson. Please reference the attached rubric for how you are graded.

Questions:

1) What does de Tocqueville say about individualism in America? Is it a good or bad thing?

2) How do democracies differ from aristocracies?

3) What does the author mean when he writes, "It has been asserted that a people can never entirely outstep the boundaries of justice and of reason in those affairs which are more peculiarly its own, and that consequently, full power may fearlessly be given to the majority by which it is represented. But this language is that of a slave..." ?

4) In what sense can majorities be tyrannical and dangerous?

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