In England, such popular movements find instant expression in literature; in the United States they take the form of societies.

Innumerable patriotic organizations such as the "Daughters of the American Revolution" and a host of others, sought to trace out American genealogy and to perpetuate the memory of American military and naval achievements.

Respect for the American flag was taught in schools, and the question was debated as to whether its use in comic opera indicated respect or insult.

This new nationalism was unlike the expansionist movement of the fifties in that it laid no particular stress upon the incorporation of the neighboring republics by a process of federation.

On the whole, the people had lost their faith in the assimilating influence of republican institutions and did not desire to annex alien territory and races.