The Rift Between a Constant Constitution and a Changing Society

The Rift Between a Constant Constitution and a Changing Society
C3C Mark R. McDowell











Throughout early American history there was a direct correlation between national interest and national identity, but with the changes of the 20th century regarding America’s status in the world came changes regarding America’s nature. American national identity has shifted away from alignment with the creed and vision of the Founding Fathers while American national interest has strived to continually act in accordance with that creed and vision. This shift is most evident when comparing America in the 1990s with America in the 1790s. By analyzing American national identity and American national interest in the 1990s, and then comparing the two to the America established and sought after by the Founding Fathers, it will become evident that American national identity has truly deviated from the path which the founding fathers had hoped for and America had strived to walk fo...