Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian: German Americans in World War I

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Correct. The answer is c. The existence of this advertisement supports the conclusion that many German Americans enjoyed German music and that it was perfectly acceptable for a large company like Columbia Gramophone to manufacture and market records by appealing to that group’s pride in its heritage.
Incorrect. The answer is c. The existence of this advertisement supports the conclusion that many German Americans enjoyed German music and that it was perfectly acceptable for a large company like Columbia Gramophone to manufacture and market records by appealing to that group’s pride in its heritage.

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Correct. The answer is a. The excerpt from Hexamer’s speech reveals that he thought very highly of German culture and its contributions to the world and that he believed German art, literature, music, and food, for example, were better than those created by other groups.
Incorrect. The answer is a. The excerpt from Hexamer’s speech reveals that he thought very highly of German culture and its contributions to the world and that he believed German art, literature, music, and food, for example, were better than those created by other groups.

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Correct. The answer is c. When the Senate Judiciary Committee repeatedly cited Hexamer’s speech during its 1918 investigation of the German American community, it did so in order to demonstrate its contention that German Americans were likely to have maintained political loyalties to Germany and to pose a danger to the United States during World War I.
Incorrect. The answer is c. When the Senate Judiciary Committee repeatedly cited Hexamer’s speech during its 1918 investigation of the German American community, it did so in order to demonstrate its contention that German Americans were likely to have maintained political loyalties to Germany and to pose a danger to the United States during World War I.

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Correct. The answer is c. This cartoon, which implied that German brewers and liquor manufacturers used the profits from sales to fund Germany’s efforts to rule the world, suggests that temperance advocates finally succeeded in gaining ratification for the Eighteenth Amendment by drawing attention to the connections between German Americans and the liquor industry.
Incorrect. The answer is c. This cartoon, which implied that German brewers and liquor manufacturers used the profits from sales to fund Germany’s efforts to rule the world, suggests that temperance advocates finally succeeded in gaining ratification for the Eighteenth Amendment by drawing attention to the connections between German Americans and the liquor industry.

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Correct. The answer is b. These sources suggest that many German Americans were scared by the intensity of anti-German sentiment in the United States. In order to protect themselves, German Americans disbanded their German cultural organizations, changed their names, and began to speak only English.
Incorrect. The answer is b. These sources suggest that many German Americans were scared by the intensity of anti-German sentiment in the United States. In order to protect themselves, German Americans disbanded their German cultural organizations, changed their names, and began to speak only English.