2. German immigrants in America were treated especially badly by the Americans during the war. How were they discriminated?
Eliminating German from the school curriculum
Renaming the Hamburger Liberty Steak
Renaming Sauerkraut Liberty Cabbage
Banning German literature
Banning German-speaking newspapers
True or False:
Germany was the last country to surrender to the Entente (the US, England and France) on the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 1919. False: 11 November, 1918 at 11:11am
Armistice Day marked the end of World War I. True
Veteran’s Day originated from the above-mentioned day and has been celebrated in the US ever since. Yes and no. Veteran’s Day originated from this holiday but it was observed officially beginning in 1954
America was involved in the treaty to punish the Austro-Hungarians and Germans (losers of the war) through annexation of certain regions to the Entente. False. The German Empire was the sole responsible country that had to pay reparations and therefore lost portions of the country, including the Ruhr area, lands belonging to Poland, lands in the Flensburg and Sonderburg area that went to Denmark, and Basel and Strassbourg, which went to France, plus all the lands they occupied in western Africa.
Woodrow Wilson was heavily involved in the negotiations regarding the Versailles Treaty. How did he do that? Choose two of them.
- He worked on a reparation plan for Germany
- He proposed the League of Nations
- He created the 14-Point Plan
- He agreed to the proposals laid out by France and England to force Germany to cede (give up) portions of its territory
Berlin (East coast and New England states) Lubeck (Maine)
Hamburg (Midwest, and eastern part of the country) Kiel (Wisconsin)
Cologne (Midwest, including Minnesota) Ulm (Minnesota)
Munich (Minnesota) Luxemburg (Midwest)
Trier (Minnesota) Rhinelander (Wisconsin)
Frankfurt (Illinois and Kentucky) Wausau (Wisconsin)
Jena (Louisiana) Altona (Iowa, Ohio and PA)
Weimar (Texas) Brunswick (Georgia)
Dresden (Ohio) Bremen (Georgia)
Hanover (Midwest and eastern US) Wolfsburg (PA)
Schleswig (Iowa) Munster (Indiana)
Holstein (Iowa) Karlsruhe (North Dakota)
Bergen (Minnesota and eastern parts of US) Leipzig (North Dakota)
Flensburg (Minnesota) New Germany (Minnesota)
Nuremberg (Pennsylvania (PA)) Saxonburg (PA)
Minden (Ohio, Missouri and other states)
These are only a few examples of villages and towns that are known to exist in the US. They do not count those that have yet to be identified, as well as those that had once existed but have long since disappeared. If you know of other villages that carry the German name, please mention them here or on the Files’ facebook page.