Would it have made since for americans during WWI- that were actually from Germany to have lied on a Census Records about being from Germany and in fact claiming they were from France?
2007-10-24 14:22:41 · 4 answers · asked by jesse'sluckymommy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Most likely because back then people were a lot more suspicious of nationalities that they went to war with.....Just look at the Japanese internment camps.
2007-10-24 14:31:06 · answer #1 · answered by HeavenlyBliss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see it happening, while many recently German families did anglicize their names during this period, French would be a strange choice for them to pretend to be as the accent they spoke English with would be completely wrong and people at that time were more attuned to the variation in Europeans than they are now. It would have been much easier for them to pretend to be Scandinavian or some such.
Most German immigrants responded by becoming ultra-American, adopting English/American customs, not by simulating another immigrant group. If they'd lied on the census, it'd be to just claim american birth.
2007-10-24 22:12:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am of Irish and German ancestry. They did not face any problems in WW I. Most Germans immigrants reached the U.S. before the Civil War. They did complain about coming back from that War and finding their jobs had not been protected.
Non-Europeans had more problems with acceptance, but German-Americans only would have had problems if they didn't speak English.
2007-10-24 21:40:50 · answer #3 · answered by Menehune 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. One third of all americans at that time were of German descent.
2007-10-25 01:41:40 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋