USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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Define nationalism

(A) having citizenship in more than one country

(B) a political party that is in favor of militarism

(C) a short-term cause of World War I

(D) ** The belief that an ethnic group constitutes a distinct people deserving of self-determination

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -It states that peoples, based on respect for the principle of equal rights and fair equality of opportunity, have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and international political status with no interference.

Concept note-2: -The term ethnonationalism (or ethno-nationalism) elicits understandings and forms of nationalism that regard ethnicity and ethnic ties as core components of conceptions and experiences of the “nation”.

Concept note-3: -What is nationalism? Nationalism is an ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests.

Concept note-4: -It holds that each nation should govern itself, free from outside interference (self-determination), that a nation is a natural and ideal basis for a polity, and that the nation is the only rightful source of political power.