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Anti German Sentiment
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Why did the government change their neutrality in the war?
Zimmerman's telegram
100
Was rationing more strictly enforced in World War 1 or World War 2?
World War 2.
100
Did the economy go up or down during WW1?
Up.
100
What is propaganda?
Posters and news articles that promote certain views of politics or issues.
100
What were dachshunds, German measles, and Sauerkraut renamed?
Liberty hounds, Liberty measles, and Liberty cabbage.
200
Why was Woodrow Wilson re-elected?
He would keep the the U.S. neutral.
200
What was one of the most heavily rationed food products?
Sugar.
200
What types of things did they make to send to the soldiers?
Weapons, mass produced food, and nails.
200
How does Yellow journalism relate to propaganda during WW1?
Both over exaggerate the truth.
200
Why were Germans referred to as Huns.
Because America had associated them with the Huns of the Dark Ages to portray them as brutes.
300
What government acts lead to the red scare?
Sedation acts.
300
What was done with scrap metal collected from families?
It was used to make weapons.
300
Why did businesses start making more than they did before?
Because they had to start making more to send to the soldiers and fr the people on the Home Front.
300
Who was Uncle Sam?
A representation of U.S., meant to encourage feeling of obligation to the country and government.
300
Where were pretzels banned during the war?
Cincinnati.
400
What did the U.S. do about the Lusitania?
Sent a not that said that the American's knew it was an accident.
400
What was one con of rationing and one pro of rationing?
Con- Some people got more food than others. Pro- Everyone got food.
400
What was the decrease in unemployment during the war?
7.9% to 1.4% or 6.5%
400
Who drew Uncle Sam?
James Flagg Montgomery.
400
Give three reasons why were the Germans hated by the Americans during this war?
The sinking of the Lusitania. We were at war with them and they were the enemy. Propaganda portrayed them as worse than they were.