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Chapter 12 Lecture Notes

This chapter has a lot of stuff but has a main idea


o Nationalism bringing the country together
People feel like they are united as one together
This was a new idea for America at the time
A reason it developed in this time
Difference between a nation and nationalism
o Nationalism is a strong belief and loyalty to the state
Rome had nationalism to the emperor
This nationalism shifts from loyalty to the king from loyalty to
the state during Americas time
During this time loyalty transitioned from individual states
to the fed. Gov.
John Marshall was a huge in the development of
nationalism
Nationalism can become a bad thing when people blindly follow
o Example is Nazi Germany when people followed only the nation
o Americas commonality is freedom and diversity
This makes it impossible for people to completely follow blindly

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