ethnic groups, which he referred to as hyphenated Americans. He insisted, Any man who carries a hyphen about with him carries a dagger that he is ready to plunge into the vitals of this Republic whenever he gets ready [sic]. What was this president's name?
2006-07-14 17:28:59 · 12 answers · asked by SmurfetteTeaser 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
I don't know that phrase but I think some others are right when they say Wilson.
2006-07-14 17:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was Woodrow Wilson, however, we have consistantly had racists in office for as long as the nation has been in existance. Abraham Lincoln for instance didn't want to free the slaves, he only wanted to restrict the exportation of slavery into territories and into the new states. The idea was that the institution would die out on its own, if it couldn't expand. He also favored the return of the African-Americans to Africa and was one of the primary sponsors of Liberia. Washington, Jefferson and many others of the early presidents owned slaves. Teddy Rooseveldt favored limited immigration and restriction of the ability of Jewish people in the United States. This was part of the platform of the Bull Moose Party. Interestingly enough, the more recent presidents have been less racist than the ones found in history.
2006-07-14 17:43:36 · answer #2 · answered by mcdomnhal 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Woodrow Wilson
2006-07-14 17:43:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
LBJ... NO, it was Teddy Roosevelt.
However, I don't think that term "hyphenated-American" is a racist attack by any means. It's attempt to identify people that wish remain separate from being called an American by retaining their past origins. These people are fence toppers... they are willing to fall to which ever side they think is winning and that makes them "untrustworthy." I think that that was his point... the racist argument is a stretch.
2006-07-14 17:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by John Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woodrow Wilson. Apparently his love of the film "Birth of a Nation" helped to re-energize the Ku Klux Klan.
2006-07-14 17:33:08 · answer #5 · answered by sam g 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
trick question!! All of them - just hyphenated Americans have become Arabsm communists, hispanics, socialists, the poor and anti-corporate over time and in different years
2006-07-14 17:31:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ronald Regan. I'm glad that jelly-bean eating liar is dead. Or maybe Andrew Johnson who was the first president to be impeached.
2006-07-14 17:32:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Woodrow Wilson apparently...didn't know that...wow...
http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Woodrow_Wilson
http://www.ferncanyonpress.com/weird/sample.shtml
2006-07-14 17:33:03 · answer #8 · answered by cfluehr 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My good friend Woodrow Wilson.
2006-07-14 17:32:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bill Clinton.
2006-07-14 17:30:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋