world war 1
...ed for war. They had segregated units called black only units. The units were commanded by white officials, but African Americans still rallied to the war effort. c) Mexican Americans were affected by World War One because during the war thousands of Mexican Americans embarked on a great migration from the south and southwest to cities in the north. d) German Americans were affected by World War One because during the war there was a lot of Anti-German prejudice. Some of the families changed their names because of the fact that newspapers questioned their loyalty, lynchings occurred, and schools stopped teaching the German language. Americans also began referring to Germen measles as “liberty measles and sauerkraut as “liberty cabbage”. 2) There were people who spoke out against the war in the USA. The government passed laws making it a crime to criticize the government or to interfere with the war effort. 1,600 men and women were arrested for breaking this law. 3) The USA government ...