Populism

Alan Trachtenberg’s The Incorporation of America examined the various changes experienced by America in the mid to late 1800s. The book started off by setting the stage for the rise of the cities and industries. This was accomplished by the westward expansion of America in the post Civil War era. In addition to integrating America, the expansion of railroads led to the extermination of the Indian population through bloody massacres and assimilationist policies. With America fully connected,…

democratic needs the traditional and original religion’s survival becomes threatened. The reason for the threat of survival that has been taking place is because “core Christian doctrines of sin, repentance, and election were reduced to a “theological populism” (Heclo, 2009) . This is the reason why democracy and religion are not compatible, because of the strong impact it has on religion departing from the orthodox practices and traditions. The church especially, is leaving the traditions of…

Presentation Postcolonial works have summoned the idea of social Justice, resistance. Opportunity and populism in its endeavor to counter oppressive structures of racial separation, partiality and sick treatment. Subaltern studies 'involved an unmistakable place in post pioneer compositions. The area proprietors, the industrialists and the high societies have constantly overwhelmed and mistreated poor people, hirelings and other unprivileged class. Their voices have been quieted and are…

removal of any Confederate monument (Graham). Confederate statues do not educate the citizenry on the harrowing past of slavery, but rather signal and fuel a revival of public xenophobia and nativist sentiments in the US. Given the resurgence of populism and white-identity driven politics, best demonstrated by the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, the surprisingly high support of Confederate statues is part of a deadly combination of nativism and…

As the European nations sought to decrease the power of the Ottoman Empire, they introduced nationalism to the Arabs. The British seduced local Arab leaders to leave the Ottoman Empire and create their own state and Caliphate. The Arabs joined the fight wishing to gain their independence from the Ottomans. They wanted their own identity and a unified Arab region but what happened was the Arabs were separated into mandates governed by the French and British. The promises for Sheriff Hussein were…

to the farmers and their goals. The Wicked Witch of the East represented the Wall Street Bankers in New York led by JP Morgan, while the Wicked Witch of the West represented both the bad weather and drought and the western politicians who opposed populism. She had one eye showing the opposition to bimetallism, and was destroyed by water symbolizing water ending the drought and liquidity ending the depression.…

There were 10 images framed by media on him: 1) A man of virtue, 2) A total stranger, 3) Trustable or not, 4) A man with snobbish attitude, 5) Ideologist, 6) Leader, 7) Capable or not, 8) A man of populism, 9) Political judge, 10) Mysticism. (Lim, 2012). Although there existed some ideological differences in choosing frames, media of both sides mostly chose 3) Trustable or not, 7) Capable or not, 9) Political judge in common. Taking it to account that…

counteract these actions, a collective of extreme capitalists have initiated a counter movement designed to reduce the influence of; and eventually eliminate these movements. Stephen Duncombe’s review of One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy; by Thomas Frank reveals a hidden truth that is congruous among the financial elite. He describes the capitalistic conspiracy perpetrated on the unsuspecting society of middle-class Americans in the form…

together called Kemalism which in turn constitutes the official ideology of the state. Kemalism is designed to create a modern republican secular Turkish state out of the Ottoman Empire. The main principles of Kemalism were republicanism, nationalism, populism, state socialism, secularism, and revolutionism. It is well known that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk did lots of changes which gathered together and called the Kemalist reforms. There was a common opinion that Kemal’s reforms are unchallenged. The…

Chapter 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution (Pg. 511) How can the land known as the “Great West” be characterized following the Civil War? The “Great West” was a rough square that measured about a thousand miles on each side, containing mountains, plateaus, deserts, and plains where the Indians, buffalo, horse, prairie dog and coyote lived. The Clash of Cultures on the Plains (Pg. 513) In what ways had Native-American tribes competed with each other for control of land and…