Review for chapter 4 

             Answer these questions using complete sentences about the material in your textbook. Explain your answer as well as you can.

 1.         Why does the author say that Americans may be de-sensitized? What do you think about this issue?

 2.         What was the impact of the American Frontier in the culture of the US?

 3.         How does the Frontier show, or use the traditional values discussed in chapter 2?

 4.         Describe the American Macho

 5.         Discuss some of the positive ( good), and some negative (bad)  characteristics of the typical American macho. How do these affect the Culture of the US? How do these affect the culture?

 6.         What is the “Can do Spirit”?

 7.         What are the types of “rugged individualists”?

 8.         What does “frontier” mean? How was it discovered?

 9.         Explain the two types of “heroic rugged individualists.”

 10.       Why has the self-reliant frontier man been idealized by Americans?

 11.       What is the classic American male hero like?

 12.       What role did the women have in the American Frontier?

 13.       Why did freedom and equality of opportunity start in America?

 14.       What was the impact of the American frontier?