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Need an argumentative essay on Topic: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America 1835, 1840. Needs to be 2 pages. Please no plagiarism.Download file to see previous pages... This political set-up was

Need an argumentative essay on Topic: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America 1835, 1840. Needs to be 2 pages. Please no plagiarism.

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This political set-up was reinforced by religion and the evangelical climate of the time.

Different from European monarchies or oligarchies, the American system was democratized and governed by the majority which prefers the interests of the many vis--vis that of the few. Government by the majority is made possible through the mechanism of the Constitution, separation of powers of branches of government, elections and the government of laws and not of men.

Social Class. '[T]he fortunes of men [that] are equal in America'.3 Wealth and education are within reach of anybody. Absent the rigid laws of English aristocracy and transmission, there is no class which transmits intellect or even superior status with inherited property and in its stead is the healthy growth of democracy. This is true only for the white race in society.

Race. Because the pioneers came to a vast land which required manpower to cultivate, the institution of slavery of blacks was part of the social system. Tocqueville foresaw the impact of the increasing black population which threatens the whites.4 Slavery created an under-class and anomaly to the Constitutional ideal of all men are created equal. Tocqueville himself support slavery.

Gender.

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