How would you answer the question, "Who counts as an American?" How did you develop this concept of being an American?

$2.$ What are the central qualities that the author Nicholas Jackson believes are an essential part of the American character? Which of these qualities do you agree with? Why? Which of these qualities do you disagree with? Why?

$3.$ How can the concept of a national identity both unite and divide people?

$4.$ After reflecting on these issues via this article and these questions, has your concept of what it means to be American changed? If so$,$ in what ways? Have any of the visuals in this chapter $($or that you've encountered elsewhere$)$ affected your concept of who counts as an American?