Discussion Questions
1) World War I changed America by changing how we define ourselves, it changed our views on individual liberties and power and showed that we could do what ever and also gave us power that we had never had before.
2) the Cold War, civil war, civil rights movements, free speech, individual rights, and fascism.
3) The Supreme Court justices have to look back on their past. They cannot just move on, in order to make the best decisions for the American people they must look to the past for guidance.
Article Summary
This article is about how America changed over the course of World War 1 and World War 2 along with how the Supreme Court has changed as well. Many Americans fought in the war for differeing reasons; to protect their self-determination, freedom from a fascist government, to protect their freedoms from religion and and to keep equal rights for all americans. As far as the Supreme Court goes, they changed a lot of the laws that discriminated against minorities, like literacy tests and poll taxes. America as a whole has been greatly impacted by the world wars, and has kept as as part of a spreading democracy.
"Rights are Relative, Not Absolute"
The term, "rights are relative not absolute" means that we all have individual rights that we are granted, but if we violate the law then those rights can and will be taken away. For example, if you seriously violate the traffic laws, then your right to drive can and potentially will be taken away, also those who violate the law are stuck in jail and in turn they lose a lot of their rights, like the right to bear arms.
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