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What did Alexis de Tocqueville likely mean when he claimed, "the position of America is therefore quite exceptional"?

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Correct. B.) Tocqueville likely meant the United States is a unique nation, not a superior nation, as some would argue.

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The main point Alexis de Tocqueville was trying to make when he said, "the position of America is therefore quite exceptional", was that although America was a land of many freedoms, it was odd in the sense that there existed thousands of slaves who were not free, amongst the free whites. 
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