The Crisis Of American Politics

Chapter one of The American Political Tradition by Richard Hofstadter is centered on the Founding Fathers. The very beginning of the chapter says that the Constitutional Convention was trying to create a government that would pay debts and avoid currency inflation. The Democratic ideas that the Founding Fathers were so against appealed mostly to less privileged classes, and not at all to the higher classes. This chapter says that the Founding Fathers thought that if no constitutional balance were achieved, one specific class or would take over others. Three advantages of a good constitutional government were listed in this chapter as well. One: keep order against majority rule. Two: a representative government. Three: aristocracy and democracy

During the years between 1920 and 1960, America saw change in many aspects of life. The United States was a part of two major wars and a crash of the banking system that crippled the economy greater than ever seen in this country’s history. Also the country had new insecurities to tackle such as immigration and poor treatment of workers. These events led to the change of America lives socially, economically, and politically. The people of America changed their ideas of what the country’s place in the world should be. The issues challenging America led the country to change from isolation to war, depression to prosperity, and social change. The threats to American way of life, foreign and domestic, were the changing forces to the

It is 2014 and since the beginning of the millennium there has been a major shift in America’s political ideology and demographics, more so than in any set period of time. America which has historically been very conservative, has started to become more liberally made evident by the results of the last two elections. Although America’s government is based on a less centralized system and free market, Americans have seemed to start embracing things like big government and a stricter market. Americans are also starting to think different on social issues such as homosexuality and drug usage. America has also experienced a change in its demographics as minorities like Asians and Hispanics continue to grow while whites are, percentage wise, starting to make up a smaller part of Americas population. Along with a shift in ideology and change in demographics, technology and communication has advanced greatly making the world a much more connected place. Because of this connectivity people are also beginning to be influenced by foreign ideas that are not familiar to most Americans such as universal healthcare. Overall, because of factors such as foreign influences due to technology and changing demographics, America has become less conservative and more liberal.

Over the long history of American, three moments specifically have excessively decided the course of the Republic 's advancement. Each separately refined the experience and characterized the authentic legacy of a century. Each grasped a couple of scenes with lastingly trans formative effects. From 1776 to 1789 the Revolutionary War and the adopted the Constitution brought national independence and established the basic political framework within which the nation would be governed ever after. From 1861 to 1877 the Civil War and Reconstruction affirmed the integrated the Union, ended slavery, and generated three constitutional amendments that at least laid the foundation for honoring the Declaration 's promise that all men equal. And somewhere around 1929 and 1945 the Great Depression and World War II totally re-imagined the part of government in American culture and slung the United States from a detached, fringe state into the world 's hegemonic superpower. To comprehend the rationale and the outcomes of those three minutes is to see much about the substance and the trajectory of all of American history.

This paper will discuss what I believe America’s founding fathers tried to accomplish with the “American Experience”. This experience gives an understanding of America in the 20th century and the accomplishments in the 21st century.

After receiving a charter from the British Massachusetts Bay Company to settle across the lands of current-day Massachusetts, and abandoning his manor lordship in English, John Winthrop would declare towards those settles of the Massachusetts Colony that "We shall be as a city upon a hill,". The idea of American exceptionalism is an idea that has been dated back towards the time of settlement, and that could be traced into the current twenty-first century. When we trace this idea from beginning to end, one is able to see that American exceptionalism was a good thing for the world as a whole. By analyzing the spreading of the American political ideas into the European nations, and how American acted as the defense against tyranny, one will be able to understand the reasons why American exceptionalism has created good in the world. Additionally, there will be discussion of the pro-team of the team, the process of their research, the reason why they lost, and what could be improved.

The success of the American is a result of its founding principles, set forth in the Declaration of Independence and secured by the United States Constitution. As the cold war end the United States had to take a new role in global politics and economy. The United States was an important promoter of global trade, however Americans were concerned about the homeland. Many were afraid that the Free Trade around the world would make thel lose their jobs and cause the Unites States to no longer be an powerhouse. As time went by the United States got involved in many free trade agreements, unions and world problems.

The fact that America was ‘hegemonic’ became clear. It produced almost as much as the rest of the world put together. Its military lead was significant. Its “soft power” even more dominant. While other nations realize it full well, Americans do not want to accept that the United States dominates the world through military power.Since around 1870 the United States has had the largest economy in the world.America experienced a rebirth after its difficult post-Civil War recovery period. Free enterprise fueled the triumphant era, as individual Americans embraced new opportunities to follow their own economic initiatives. Under a culture influenced by the Protestant work ethic, diligent visionaries invested in new industries, making practical

In truth, its history dates back as far as the sixteenth century, following the first great expansion of European capitalism, which resulted in slave trade, colonialism and neo-colonialism (Ezema, 2009). Throughout history, world powers have continually sought to perpetuate their way of life: from the philosophy and mythology of the Greeks, the political ideologies and linguistics of the Romans, and the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance (Daghrir, 2013). Thus, it comes as no surprise that the aftermath of the post-war era, which saw the collapse of Soviet communism and the emergence of the United States as the sole hegemon, saw the aggressive spread of American ideals, values, and beliefs. Indeed, just as American goods flooded world markets in the post-World War II era; American culture now penetrates every continent through the aggressive development of mass communications, trade expansion and information technology.

Citizens of America often say that they do not like the conflict in American politics. Conflict has always been a problem in today’s government, because different people believe that different things should happen today. Instead of taking each others beliefs and opinions, we create a wedge between each other and different parties. Life in America will forever be like this until we can respect each others opinions and stop fighting each other. America should be like one community, however we have separate parties and clicks and we do not respect anyones beliefs or opinion, except our own. George Washington predicted the future in 1796 stating, “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural

The government in the United States supposedly revolves around American ideals such as equality and diversity; however, this is simply not the case as perpetuated by class inequalities. The meaning of democracy has been skewed in the United States to represent something entirely different than it did in 1776. Today, American democracy behaves more like an aristocracy, where the upper class exercises power within the government and state, influencing discourse and therefore the laws and resources in our country, which are purportedly “for the people”. Democracy is presumed to provide everyone with equal political power, but the government in today’s America, although seemingly following this ideal model, does not. Instead, the elite upper class has a monopoly over the political influence and are the sole benefactors from public policies due to their influence over the policy making process. The upper class has an overall benefit from class inequality, as it greatly impacts American ‘democracy’ through the significant power gained through money and status, leadership roles that impact government, and the influence in the policymaking process that creates upper class advantages.

By adjusting to the new reality of our ignorance, competition, and worldly participation I believe America would put itself in a good place to deal with the “rise of the rest”. I think Zakaria points out true issues America has faced and is yet to face. It’s all about the present, as much as we are driving toward the future, it's really important to deal what we have at hand. Although we may be slowing in our advancements America is still in a very good position as a country and has come a long way. Zakaria

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