United States History Question of the Day
Answer and Explanation

Anti-German Liberty Bond poster
(Source: Wikimedia Commons--public domain)
Question 0925:

During World War I, anti-German attitudes led to

(A)  some German cities and street names being renamed
(B)  libraries burning their German-language books in public bonfires
(C)  German being dropped from high school curricular offerings
(D)  mob violence
(E)  all of the above
Answer:

(E)  all of the above
Explanation:

Suspicion of the loyalty of German-Americans (and Dutch, Swiss, and other European-Americans confused with Germans) was widespread in the U.S. and resulted in a number of anti-German actions, including banning of German language instruction in schools, renaming sauerkraut "liberty cabbage," book-burnings, and mob violence, including a lynching of a German-American in Illinois who was accused of making disloyal remarks. The Committee of Public Information, led by George Creel, published inflammatory anti-German posters to sell Liberty Bonds and encourage army recruitment.
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