POL SCI 40 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - United States Constitution, United States Congress, President Of The United States
12 Oct 2018
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POL SCI 40
MIDTERM EXAM
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Fall 2018
Week 1, Lec 1: National Pride and Mixed Government
June 26
United States Constitution
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Kaleem, “Monuments to Native American Pain Poised to Fall,” Los Angeles Times
(2018)
● Arcata = one of most liberal places in U.S.
● wants to take down a monument to President William McKinley for his misdeeds
○ accused of directing the slaughter of native people in the U.S. and abroad
○ Chris Peters (leader of 7th Generation Fund for Indigenous People) called
McKinley a proponent of “settler colonialism” that “savaged, raped and killed”
● emerging movement to remove monuments honoring people who helped lead what
native groups refer to as a centuries-long war against their very existence
○ follows removal of Confederate memorials across the South (viewed as
celebrating slavery)
● debate over McKinley was spurred on after Charlottesville (violent white nationalist rally)
○ regular protests in Arcata’s central plaza
● McKinley = symbol of Arcata’s sins against Natives (and other races too)
○ target for anger at President Trump → encouraged racial tensions with his
problematic comments
● Arcata land was once inhabited by the Wiyot tribe
○ 1850s: logging boom began → pioneers seeking wealth rapidly grabbed tribal
lands
○ 1860: settlers massacred dozens of Wiyots, and children were commonly
abducted and forced into servitude
● McKinley statues has been in Arcata Plaza since 1906 → to honor “the first modern
president”
○ city grew very liberal, but statue remained as a vestige of a more conservative
past
○ local tribes long resented the statue, but remained silent as they figured there
was little chance it would ever come down
● support for keeping McKinley statue
○ he fought for the Union in the Civil War, and defied norms of his time in
appointing several African-Americans to federal posts
○ taking down statue would take away from the city’s culture
● for now, former president’s statue stands in Arcata → will take 8 months before removal
○ anti-statue activists say they will raise $65,000 for total cost of removal
○ monuments protested by Native peoples are getting private caretakers to house
them
● simply adding context to the monument (via new historical markers)would amount to too
little, too late
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Fonte, “The Return of American Nationalism,” National Review
(2016)
● Trump’s election = voter rebellion against identity politics enforced by political
correctness
○ opens way to a new politics of moderate levels of immigration, patriotic
assimilation, and (in foreign policy) defense of U.S. sovereignty
○ Trump emphasized unity and common interest of all Americans across the full
spectrum of policy → policies rooted national interest and patriotism have begun
to sound like common sense
● political correctness has wreaked havoc for 40 years → only Trump has the common
sense to confront the issue
○ defeating political correctness, or expanding real freedom of speech, has made it
possible to raise other issues that worried voters but that others ignored or
pushed to the sidelines
○ once that happened, other issues were brought up: multiculturalism, diversity,
bilingualism, identity politics, gender politics, and political correctness itself
● major driver of progressive project in fundamentally transforming America = mass
immigration without assimilation
○ patriotic and populist opposition to amnesty and to increases in low-skilled
immigration has intensified, but Republicans and some conservatives were late
to expressing this issue for fear of being thought unrespectable
○ Trump boldly addressed the immigration issue (clearly and simply explains his
rise) → propelled him to presidential nomination
● American conservatism has been built on 3 groups:
○ economic conservatives (fiscal restraint, limited government)
○ social conservatives (faith, family values)
○ national conservatives (immigration, law and order, social fabric of national
cohesion and national security)
● critics (ex. Patrick Buchanan and Matthew Continetti) view Trump ascendancy as a
populist nationalist uprising against traditional conservatism, or think that nationalism is
an alien element in American conservatism
○ Fonte disagrees and believes that American nationalism is not exclusive,
aggressive, or undemocratic → but rather prudent, open, and appreciative that
others love their countries too
○ American nationalism fits comfortably alongside economic and traditional
conservatism (strengthens this ideological coalition)
● conservatives need to think carefully and strategically about nationalist questions (issues
vital to democratic self-government) → ex. “How should we be governed: by American
constitutionalism, or by international law?”
○ mainstream critics will attempt to marginalize nationalist concerns as being
backward, alarmist, and xenophobic
○ critics will say that they represent unenlightened policy positions that are of
interest only to downscale voters (not the middle class)
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Document Summary
Week 1, lec 1: national pride and mixed government. Kaleem, monuments to native american pain poised to fall, los angeles times (2018) Arcata = one of most liberal places in u. s. Follows removal of confederate memorials across the south (viewed as celebrating slavery) Debate over mckinley was spurred on after charlottesville (violent white nationalist rally) Mckinley = symbol of arcata"s sins against natives (and other races too) Target for anger at president trump encouraged racial tensions with his problematic comments. Arcata land was once inhabited by the wiyot tribe. 1850s : logging boom began pioneers seeking wealth rapidly grabbed tribal. 1860 : settlers massacred dozens of wiyots, and children were commonly lands abducted and forced into servitude. Mckinley statues has been in arcata plaza since 1906 to honor the first modern president . City grew very liberal, but statue remained as a vestige of a more conservative past.
