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1) What is the American frontier? When did it exist and when did it cease to exist? (physically at least)

The frontier: the pure and early America. Individual freedom.

New beginning.

Western America=real America

Makes America different from Europe.

The first european settlers came in the 1600s.

Ended in 1890.

2) Americans have tended to see the frontier, its life, and its people as the purest examples of their basic values. Make a list of these values:

Individualism

Equality

Democracy

Optimism

Self-reliance

Equality of opportunity

Liberty

Sovereignty.

Can-do spirit.

The American Dream

Social mobility.

3) Drawing on your knowledge of the US, do you recognize these values today and if so, how or where?

America is different and better than Europe and the rest of the world. That is why they feel obligated to engage in all sorts of conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan

Individualism - capitalism in the US.

Equality - the American democracy.

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Eric Foner: The Frontier Myth and American ExceptionalismWhat is the “Frontier Myth” and what role does it play in forging the American character and culture?That America was empty, when the europeans arrived. The europeans had to ‘battle’ their way to the west, and the myth says, that the real american is created in the west.What role does it play in forging the American character and culture:Culture: The culture is multicultural, because many different europeans came to the country when the culture was forged, and it does therefore consist of many different cultures.What does the interview reveal about american values?America being differentMulticultural countryHow does the ”Frontier Myth” and the concept of American exceptionalism influence American foreign policy?The American exceptionalism is that America is different from Europe.The American believes that they are a rolemodel for every other country, and that every country wants to be like them.

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Eric Foner: The Frontier Myth and American ExceptionalismWhat is the “Frontier Myth” and what role does it play in forging the American character and culture?That America was empty, when the europeans arrived. The europeans had to ‘battle’ their way to the west, and the myth says, that the real american is created in the west.What role does it play in forging the American character and culture:Culture: The culture is multicultural, because many different europeans came to the country when the culture was forged, and it does therefore consist of many different cultures.What does the interview reveal about american values?America being differentMulticultural countryHow does the ”Frontier Myth” and the concept of American exceptionalism influence American foreign policy?The American exceptionalism is that America is different from Europe.The American believes that they are a rolemodel for every other country, and that every country wants to be like them.

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The interview reveals freedom, democracy, liberty, and independence as some of the core American values.

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American values are based on Freedom and democracy, they’re a new country that has ”created” their own values without any influence from the european countries.

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The frontier myth and American Exceptionalism 

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The frontier myth and American Exceptionalism 

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•1) What is the ”Frontier Myth” and what role does it play in forging the American character and culture?

“The Frontier Myth” is an idea of America being almost empty when the Europeans arrived. Therefore the American character was forged when he had to battle with the nature and survive it. America is different and new from the Old World, different and new compared to Europe.

Frederick Jackson Turner created this myth

Frontier Myth:

The continent was almost empty when the Europeans arrived.

Strip away the European background.

The real American created in the West (Western America).

Throw Europe away.

Canada, Australia, New Zealand all had frontier experiences.

Imperialism are build into the frontier experience.

There were millions of native Americans.

There were also people from Asia coming to America.

•2) What does the interview reveal about American values?

America is different.

America is independent.

Liberty.

Powerful.

Nationalism.

•3) How does the ”Frontier Myth” and the concept of American exceptionalism influence American foreign policy?

America is superior to all other states and therefore can do as they want to.

American Exceptionalism:

America is different from Europe.

The old World and the new world is separated from each other.

Americans are different and better than everyone else.

America is a universel nation and everyone should be like them.

Above the rules.

America represents freedom and democracy.

If you are opposed to America then you are opposed to freedom and democracy.

Some people think that americans are hypocritical.

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- The idea that the continent was basically empty when the europeans arrived
- People did not only come from the west = multicultural nation

2)
- freedom and democracy
- universal nation
- multicultural nation
- exceptionalism "we are above the rules"

3)
- The US feel like the model to the rest of the world
- "everybody should be like us"
- the represent freedom and democracy and therefore everything they do is correct -> invading Iraq to make them democratic and free

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1. The ‘Frontier Myth’ is an idea that the continent was basically empty when Europeans arrived and that the process of Westwood expression from the east cost over centuries forced the American culture to battle with the wilderness – it stripped away the European background.

2. The interview revealed that freedom and democracy is the main American values. Eric Foner says: “We represent freedom and democracy, so anyone who oppose to it by definition, oppose freedom and democracy.”. The Americans fell the right to have an influence on other countries by using soft and hard power.

3. The Frontier Myth and the concept of American exceptionalism influence American foreign policy by making them feel like they are “better” and have the right to influence other countries. Based on American being different that ‘the old world’ being completely separated from each other – an idea of American being a universal nation.

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- individualism
- Democracy
- Liberty
- Self-reliant
- Multicultural
- Racism

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Something new from Europe
(new as in better)
racism as well as pushing out the natives
but also
Democracy and individualism

It makes them think that they are a model nation to the world

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-A myth about an empty landscape that wasn't actually empty. The native Americans were there.
-racism is built in to the frontier line.
-bringing values like damocracy, liberty and independence.
-it wasn't only europeans that sat their feet on the American ground.

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The frontier myth and American exceptionalism

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The frontier myth and American exceptionalism

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- Liberty
- Independence
- Freedom
- Democracy
- Individualism
- Sovereignty

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The American Dream according to Sheryll Cashin:

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The American Dream according to Sheryll Cashin:

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- Optimism
- Belief in opportunity
- Belief in ability to succeed
- A source of inspiration and innovation even though it is "dead" in some communities