Germans example essay topic

World War I was called the 'war to end all wars,' and to Wilson, the only other alternative to 'peace without victory. ' Fortunately, America and it's allies were able to put a cap on Germany and their cronies. Wilson came out of the war with not only a victory on the battlefield, but also scored a partial triumph in domestic welfare as well. When war erupted in Europe, the U.S. market economy was at a downturn, consumers spent less and jobs were increasingly hard to find. However, things soon turned around when America's trade with it's allies quadrupled between 1914 and 1917. J.P. Morgan and other American bankers were sought for loans by the French and the British and the total amount came to roughly 3 billion.

Though the marketplace was bustling, Civil Liberties was not as healthy. Propaganda was in full swing as seen by the creation of the Committee on Public Information. Enlisting the voluntary services of artists, writers, performers and movie stars, all would be fine if hate of the 'Huns' were not so overtly emphasized. The American Protective League played a major role in eliminating all German-composed classical music, German books, and German classes. The organization also managed to change the name of sauerkraut to 'Liberty Cabbage' and renamed the hamburger, 'Liberty Steak. ' Emphasizing vigilante action, Germans were tarred, feathered and beaten, one German Socialist in Illinois was even lynched by a mob.

Those who spoke against the war was also subject to public scrutiny and humiliation. The Espionage Act of 1917 carried a maximum sentence of 20 years if one incite rebellion in the armed force of obstructed the draft. The Sedation Act of 1918 gave anyone who made 'disloyal or abusive' remarks with a stiff prison sentence; over 2,000 people were prosecuted and 1/2 were convicted and jailed. In Schenck V. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that the right to the freedom of speech can be limited when 'present an clear danger' to public safety is emanate. Unfortunately for the 6,000 people who were caught up in the Red Scare, their lives were forever ruined for speaking their mind, 500 of those who were foreign-born were deported also. As the saying goes, 'misery is never without company,' the Blacks in the U.S. were treated no better than the Germans.

Of the 400,000 who enlisted in the armed forces, they all ended up serving in seger rated regiments and no more than a few were chosen as officers, while there were none who were ever accepted in the Marine Corp. Racial tension was very high and because the blacks took over the workforce with numbers as high as 150,000 and with an additional 75,000 hired as 'four-minute' men, conflict tended to flare up quickly and violently. In July 1917, 9 whites and 40 blacks died; in July of 1919, 15 whites and 23 blacks were murder by racial gangs on the streets of Chicago; the worse came only months later when 40 people were killed and 500 injured in a violent race riot..