Nationalism
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"...nationalism is merely another way of organizing and maintaining societies. Empires held sway for millennia. Religion was a great factor in unifying and organizing people for centuries. [...] The nation-state is a particularly dangerous way to do so as minorities, or any group designated as the historical ‘other’, may be eliminated, deemed not proper members of the nation..."
Key Terms
- Nationalism
- "American Exceptionalism"
- Manifest Destiny
Guided Viewing Questions
- What is nationalism? How did it come out of the French Revolution?
- In what ways does nationalism unify people?
- What sort of things transmitted nationalism to ordinary people during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?
- What is American Exceptionalism?
- How is American Exceptionalism an example of nationalism?