American History
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
World War II
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FDR's Executive Order 9066
Japanese Internment
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, initiating a controversial World War II policy with lasting consequences for Japanese Americans. The document ordered the removal of resident enemy aliens from parts of the West vaguely identified as military areas.
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FDR's Second Bill of Rights
State of the Union Message to Congress - January 11, 1944
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Assignment:
FDR’s Second Bill of Rights (State of the Union 1944) speech video - View and list all the new “rights” that FDR discusses!
ALSO Write a paragraph or so explaining how these “rights” are not really “rights” at all! What are NATURAL RIGHTS? How do these "rights" differ? Address the following: Do people have a “right” to have something provided to them by the government? Do people have a "right" to get something that is taken from someone else with the government serving as the middle man? Why would politicians / oligarchs want to provide things to some people at taxpayers expense? (What do the politicians get out of it?) Discuss this important shift in how Leftists portray the idea of "rights" and discuss why they are making this shift. If you do not understand, please ask me and your parents about this!
FDR’s Second Bill of Rights (State of the Union 1944) speech video - View and list all the new “rights” that FDR discusses!
ALSO Write a paragraph or so explaining how these “rights” are not really “rights” at all! What are NATURAL RIGHTS? How do these "rights" differ? Address the following: Do people have a “right” to have something provided to them by the government? Do people have a "right" to get something that is taken from someone else with the government serving as the middle man? Why would politicians / oligarchs want to provide things to some people at taxpayers expense? (What do the politicians get out of it?) Discuss this important shift in how Leftists portray the idea of "rights" and discuss why they are making this shift. If you do not understand, please ask me and your parents about this!
Near the end of World War II, FDR proposed a "Second Bill of Rights" that would fundamentally transform the nature of rights. He believed that people should have rights to have certain things provided to them by the State (the government)! (A right to get something from the government is a "positive right." It means that others are coerced to provide something to you. This is political manipulation and enablement. Mostly, it is way to cull votes.)
This signaled a 180 turn from the Constitutional view of rights as articulated in the Bill of Rights. According the founding principles, people have natural, inherent rights to life, liberty, and property, and the Bill of Rights was designed to protect people from the government encroaching upon these pre-existing, inherent rights. (A right to be protected from encroachment is a "negative right." It means that others have a duty to refrain from infringing on your life, liberty, or property. This idea was the foundation of our nation.)
FDR was proposing a new definition of rights that coerces some individuals to provide something to other individuals. Thus, FDR's approach involved a perspective toward rights that would deny some people their natural rights while providing nice things to others in exchange for votes.
This signaled a 180 turn from the Constitutional view of rights as articulated in the Bill of Rights. According the founding principles, people have natural, inherent rights to life, liberty, and property, and the Bill of Rights was designed to protect people from the government encroaching upon these pre-existing, inherent rights. (A right to be protected from encroachment is a "negative right." It means that others have a duty to refrain from infringing on your life, liberty, or property. This idea was the foundation of our nation.)
FDR was proposing a new definition of rights that coerces some individuals to provide something to other individuals. Thus, FDR's approach involved a perspective toward rights that would deny some people their natural rights while providing nice things to others in exchange for votes.
