Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. What, according to Lord Bryce, are the essential intellectual traits of the masses of the American people? (Bryce, pages 825-826.)

2. Lord Bryce says that "there are elements in the life of the United States which may well make a European of any class prefer to dwell there rather than in the land of his birth." What are these elements? (Bryce, pages 870-873.)

3. What comment does Lord Bryce make upon the quality of humor in the American character? (Bryce, page 876.)

4. What three advantages does the United States have over European countries in the matter of grappling with modern problems? (Bryce, page 912.)

5. Explain the statement that "Democracy rests on faith." (McLaughlin, pages 181-182.)

6. What is meant by the statement that "Democracy is fundamentally a matter of human relationships"? (McLaughlin, pages 189-190.)

7. What, according to Lord Bryce, are the four chief defects of American democracy? (Bryce, page 632.)

8. What are the essential qualities which civic education should aim to cultivate? (Dunn, pages xi-xii.)