WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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faced increased discrimination
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were locked up in internment camps
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committed several acts of terrorism
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went on strike
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wrote songs about penguins eating ham
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Detailed explanation-1: -World War I inspired an outbreak of nativism and xenophobia that targeted German immigrants, Americans of German descent and even the German language. German-born Robert Prager was lynched in Collinsville, Ill., in 1918. Some Germans and German-Americans were attacked during World War I.
Detailed explanation-2: -The tragic plight of Germans in America during WWI Pictured, interned Germans forced to build the barracks for their own internment camp.As Europe was ravaged by fighting, German immigrants in the US suffered harassment, internment, lynchings-and even the humiliation of being tarred and feathered.
Detailed explanation-3: -German Americans were treated harshly during the war. The CPI portrayed Germans as a cruel enemy which lead people to think of all Germans were cruel. They were forced to show their loyalty to America by condemning the German government, give up speaking German and reading German-language newspaper.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the aftermath of World War I, Germans struggled to understand their country’s uncertain future. Citizens faced poor economic conditions, skyrocketing unemployment, political instability, and profound social change.