APUSH Unit 6: Making of Modern America Chapter 37 Application ?s and Key Terms 1. In what ways was the Eisenhower era a time of caution and conservatism and in what ways was it actually a time of economic, social and cultural change? The Eisenhower era was considered a time of caution and conservatism. Eisenhower’s dynamic conservatism called for a liberal attitude towards society but pursed conservative economic and political actions. Also, the fear of the Soviet Union and communism brought along extreme anti-communist like Joseph McCarthy whose accusatory actions indicated the perhaps excessive and unnecessary caution taken by the American people.
To what extent is the New Right internally coherent? (45) The New Right is a political movement that was first coined in the USA, but it contains past ideas and ideologies. It is a range of radical right-wing groups and ideologies which advocate laissez-faire economic policies, anti-welfarism, and the belief in the rights of the individual over the common good. The New Right can be said to be internally coherent in a political sense in terms of the compatibility of its goals such as their view on minimal state and the support of the market economy. However, the New Right incorporates neo-liberalism, which is a moderation of liberalism that supports free market economics and the minimal role of the state.
The question of what, specifically, constitutes a free society has been debated in America since the era of American colonialism (Foner, chap. 1-4). Despite the ongoing debate, it was not until some sixty to eighty years after America declared its independence from Britain that many of the grievances Americans felt they suffered came to the forefront of American politics (Foner, chap. 12-13). While this seems a long time to wait for complaints to be considered, the general desire to maintain the new nation outweighed individual concerns for many years (Foner, chap.
During the early 30s America’s foreign policy began to change. President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that war was unavoidable so even though America was neutral, he began to make preparation for a war. Franklin D. Roosevelt began to build up the military and to recruit people for the long expected war. During the next few years, changes were made to the Foreign Policy. One of the changes is that America began the Lend Lease Act which rented military weapons to Britain and later the Soviet Union and China.
Isolationism , the made idea in the early 1920’s was changed after the course of World War 2, and urge to engage in world affairs made America the leading power in the world. America was beginning to get through World War 1 and trying to establish better relations with world powers but their differences led America into changing its foreign policies politically. Although most of the countries joined the League of Nations, America had from the start opposed it. As president Harding says in a speech at Des Moines, Iowa on October 1920 that he completely opposes America Joining the League because it is against the constitution and what Americans had fought for. Isolationism is still the idea in Washington.
| The Differences between Theodore Roosevelt’s Policies toward Latin America and Asia Theodore Roosevelt came to the presidency at the turn of the century, a very important time for the United States diplomatically. The United States moved from the old concept of isolation into a new era of expansion. Roosevelt’s presidency focused on three aspects of foreign relations: relations with European nations, Asian nations, and Latin American nations.
The era following World War I witnessed the burgeoning of a new lifestyle that characterized the 1920’s. The Great War, now famously known as World War I had brought America to the forefront of the global outlook. The war time excesses in production transformed into prosperity during the next decade which would watch America seek continued isolation despite the mounting global challenges. The Great War and the ensuing Versailles Treaty had left Europe in a rather deprived and devastated state where the Europeans continued to seek cultural and economic assistance from their cross-Atlantic neighbors. With new job opportunities, progressive ideas, an air of liberalism had engulfed the American continent.
Much of the policy and changes over the last two decades has been driven by this dominant position. The defensive international policy adopted after 2001, including the War (s) on Terror and Drugs have been driven by changes in population and society. The Period after 1865 represents several important events and durations. The most important of this are the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Industrial Revolution, and Political reform, First World War, The Great Depression, Second World War, the New Deal, The Cold War and The New Millennium. Each of these is indicative of a linear progression where the events and decisions made in one era or point ultimately affected the
“Fascism also recruited admirers from the ranks of the political theorists who sought an alternative to the representative model of liberal democracy and a radical prescription against the alleged decline of western civilization” 36. “In central and eastern Europe, fascism was markedly racist and anti-Semitic. In Hitler's Germany the genocidal "Final Solution" was the consequence” 37. “The fundamental structure of fascism is sometimes taken to be an authoritarian, centralized state apparatus sustained” 38. “A revival of Latin American fascism is possible, perhaps in response to the swallowing up of national economies in globalization; violence will undoubtedly remain endemic” 39.
Finally, Wilson's foreign policy was the "Moral Diplomacy" where he tried to spread democracy to the world. In a way, all 3 policies had their "ups and downs." In the states itself, look up Roosevelt's Square Deal and Wilson's Triple Wall of Privilege Roosevelt was an advocate of war, while Wilson was not. Roosevelt was a Republican, and Wilson was a democrat There were many factors that caused the Progressive movement and various responses to those problems. Overall, the Progressive movement was good for America.