"At the very inception of the American Republic the most dynamic popular movements were expressly religious. ... Preachers in the early republic... became the most
effective agents in constructing new frames of reference for people living through a
profoundly transitional age. ... Churches came to be places in which fundamental
political assumptions were forged: ideas about the meaning of America, the priority of
the individual conscience, the values of localism, direct democracy, and individualism,
and the necessity of dynamic communication. ... To understand the democratization of
American society, one must look at what happened to Protestant Christianity in the years
1780-1830."
-Nathan 0. Hatch, historian, "The Democratization of
Christianity and the Character of American Politics," 1990

the decreasing neutrality of the u. s. in world war i

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social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

probably that america is racist