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Thursday, Nov. 6 Objective: Today we will analyze the U.S.’s “national identity” by looking back at Presidential policies, and actions taken by the government and citizens. Agenda: • • • • New Teams Warm Up National Identity Finish Book Work Pink Desk: Get materials Yellow Desk: Recorder Green Desk: Clean Up Orange Desk: Check/ Gather Handouts Washington Wizards Philidelphia 76ers Atlanta Hawks Charlotte Bobcats Cleveland Cavs Denver Nuggets OKC Thunder Houston Rockets LA Clippers Portland Trail Blazers Memphis Grizzlies NO Pelicans Utah Jazz SA Spurs Miami Heat Orlando Magic Boston Celtics Chicago Bulls Dallas Mavericks Detroit Pistons GS Warriors Indian Pacers LA Lakers Sacramento Kings Milwalkee Bucks Brooklyn Nets Pheonix Suns Toronto Raptors Warm Up Pink Desk: Get materials Yellow Desk: Recorder Green Desk: Clean Up Orange Desk: Check/ Gather Handouts 1. What is National Identity? 2. What is it called when the U.S. promises to back up another country in war or national affairs…(hint: another word for friend) 3. Name the U.S.’s three largest/most reliable “friends” during WWI and WWII. Warm Up “…is a identity and sense of belonging to one state or to one nation, a feeling one shares with a group of people, regardless of one's citizenship status…” What does this picture say about the United States’ national identity? What advantage does the US Government gain by acquiring more land? Degrees of Involvement Isolationism: No involvement. A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, esp. the political affairs of other countries. Interventionism: Intense Involvement. Government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic affairs. Doc. 1 • “...The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connections as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop...It is our true policy to steer clear of any permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 Doc. 2 • “...as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...” President James Monroe in a message to Congress, Dec. 2, 1823 Doc. 3 • “All that this country desires is to see the neighboring countries stable, orderly, and prosperous. Any country whose people conduct themselves well can count upon our hearty friendship. If a nation shows that it knows how to act with reasonable efficiency and decency in social and political matters, if it keeps order and pays its obligations, it need fear no interference from the United States. Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.” President Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904 “Always speak softly, and carry a big stick. You will go far.” -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt What Did You Learn In School? 1. 2. Which form of Foreign Policy do believe would be in the best interest of the U.S.?...Why? What will the US decide on? Why?