American Studies 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Jeremiad, Xenophobia, Scapegoating
12 Sep 2016
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The progressive movement came to an end with the decision to participate in world war one. Americans are americans and no one else matter. Defined as intense opposition to an internal minority on the grounds of its foreign connections: un-american. Translates into a zeal to destroy the enemies of a distinctly american way of life. Progressivism brought with it the idea that the government should make a decision about the kinds of people that should be in the society: there was a call to create a better american populous. Ironic as it was only with the influx in immigration that allowed america to make its way into the modern day: the people that had allowed the nation to attain rapid growth were under attack. This is not something that was created in the early 20th century: this can be traced back to john winthrop and his city on the hill and.
