Nationalism In The 20th Century

The 20th century was a time of rapid development and innovation all around the world, but this competition soon morphed into a form of imperial nationalism in the United States, for a country comprised of so much diversity this can quickly became unhealthy as citizens begin determining what is “un-American”. Plays like, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller can offer a new perspective of the damages caused by our people to our people as a result of paranoia. Blaming individuals, foreign ideas, or other nations for what happened during this time period would be easy, but the United States Government turned its own citizens against each other, they did not hesitate to take away the freedom and security of its own people for the sake of expanding western influence while keeping other foreign ideas out of the United States. This was a century which future generations should look back on and hopefully be able to take the correct steps to avoid making the same mistakes.