Question

What does it mean to be a citizen? How have American ideals of citizenship been influenced by the ancient Greeks? Why is political knowledge so vital for citizenship, and what are the different types of political knowledge?

Answer 1

The term citizen is defined as the people who enjoy the freedom and legal rights given by the Constitution of the country or state and is bound to obey duties and laws of nation or state.

Democracy and structure of political institutions of United States are greatly influenced by ancient Greek democracy. Ancient Greek political model was the inspirational model for the development of democracy in the U.S

There was direct democracy in ancient Greece due to small population and territory.

The U.S is a great Democratic nation which consists of many cultures, societies, religions and races. It is the most powerful and one of the most culturally diverse, socially developed nation.

Citizens of U.S are very open-minded and proud of their nation. They are freedom-loving people. They live with each other in harmony and peace. however, there are some many racial, cultural and social conflicts also present in the society.

After the 9/11 Attack citizens of U.S were shocked and level of fear and insecurity was very high in them. In 9/11 Attacks around 3000 people lost there lives. It was enough to shock any nation from its roots because it was one of the cruellest crime ever made. It was an effort of terrorists to break integrity and unity of the Nation.

But the citizen of America showed great unity and integrity. There were many cases were Muslim people were helping Jews people, Christian people help Moslems during and after 9/11 attacks.