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The 39 pages that link to American exceptionalism, each with the reason it gives.

• Woodrow WilsonRelated: Wilson invoked a moral mission for American policy, linking national ideals to international leadership.

• World's Columbian ExpositionRelated: The fair presented American industrial power and progress as evidence of national distinction.

• IsolationismRelated: Claims of national distinctiveness have supported both withdrawal from foreign entanglements and global leadership.

• NeoconservatismRelated: This belief can support the movement's claim that American power should promote liberal values abroad.

• The American RenaissanceRelated: The period’s claims to national literary independence both drew on and questioned this belief.

• The American DreamRelated: It frames the Dream as a promise uniquely associated with the United States.

• Civil religionRelated: It illustrates how civic ideals can become claims of national destiny.

• Westward expansionRelated: It supplied a broader national narrative often used to justify continental expansion.

• Frederick Jackson TurnerRelated: Turner explained national distinctiveness through frontier experience rather than inherited European institutions.

• Frontier thesisRelated: Turner’s thesis became a major explanation for why American development supposedly differed from Europe’s.

• Wild West showRelated: The show's heroic frontier narratives offered a popular expression of national distinctiveness.

• John WinthropRelated: Later political rhetoric drew on Winthrop’s image of a community watched by the world.

• Frontier mythRelated: Frontier narratives supply a recurring explanation for supposed American uniqueness.

• Norman RockwellRelated: Rockwell's reassuring scenes became influential visual expressions of national identity.

• American historiographyRelated: Historians debate whether national narratives describe distinctive developments or reproduce exceptionalist assumptions.

• Apple pieRelated: The phrase “as American as apple pie” links the dessert with national identity.

• American Scene paintingRelated: Some regional imagery contributed to debates over what made American life and identity distinctive.

• Democracy in AmericaRelated: Tocqueville’s comparisons helped shape later claims about America’s distinctive democratic development.

• Greatest GenerationRelated: Brokaw’s celebratory portrait became part of broader narratives about American civic virtue.

• Henry Cabot LodgeRelated: Lodge invoked national independence to argue against automatic commitments to the League.

• Make America Great AgainRelated: The slogan’s promise of renewed greatness draws on assumptions about America’s exceptional status.

• Seymour Martin LipsetRelated: Lipset used this problem to interpret American institutions, values, and political development.

• Culture of the United StatesRelated: This recurring idea influences national self-understanding and foreign policy debates.

• Charles KrauthammerRelated: Krauthammer invoked American purpose to defend an active international role.

• Henry Steele CommagerRelated: Commager often examined claims about the distinctiveness of American political development.

• John RamboRelated: The later films frame Rambo’s combat skill within stories of American intervention and rescue.

• United States of AmericaRelated: This idea shapes how Americans interpret the country's influence and obligations.