This interpretative approach sees America as the apex of civilization, a great nation which has made continuous progress economically, socially, and culturally.
Triumphalists emphasize America’s greatness. Triumphalist writing dominated elementary and secondary school textbooks for years (Fitzgerald, 1979). Triumphalists tend to be less critical of America than are romantic conservatives. They can—with justification—praise both the unrestrained capitalism of the late 1900s and the New Deal.
