The Effects of WWI on Political and Ethnic Minorities
THE EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR I ON POLITICAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES
As you read in Chapter 21 “An Emerging World Power,” the government clamped down hard on those who dissented from the war and on those who held radical or unpopular opinions. In this assignment you will explore how political and ethnic minorities were treated during and after World War I.
Definition: A “minority” is anyone who is not like or does not agree with the majority. It does not have to mean an ethnic or racial minority.
The questions you will consider are “How were political and ethnic minorities treated during and after World War I? Why were they treated as they were?”
Analyze each source in the file “Sources_World_War_I” using the chart below. The sources file is found in the Effects of World War I on Political and Ethnic Minorities folder in the Content Browser on the course home page. Use your analysis to complete the writing assignment described at the end of the chart.
DO NOT COPY DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCES PROVIDED OR FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE—all answers should be written in your own words.
Use only the sources provided as the basis for your answers.
Source title
Brief summary of the source
What does it reveal about the treatment of minorities as a result of World War I?
Which minority group (or groups) is addressed in this source (Political Minorities [such as radicals, socialists, conscientious objectors, and communists]; German-Americans; African Americans)?
“AMERICAN RIGHTS”
Speech giving by U.S treasury secretary William McAdoo stating that the fate of civilization is at stake. Every man and woman that is not in war should be moved by a spirit which animates the troops. That should be willing to sacrifice and give up something just as the troops have done. To support those that have died for the country.
That one should support the country you live in because there are others out there dying for you. socialist ESPIONAGE ACT, 1917
An act
As you read in Chapter 21 “An Emerging World Power,” the government clamped down hard on those who dissented from the war and on those who held radical or unpopular opinions. In this assignment you will explore how political and ethnic minorities were treated during and after World War I.
Definition: A “minority” is anyone who is not like or does not agree with the majority. It does not have to mean an ethnic or racial minority.
The questions you will consider are “How were political and ethnic minorities treated during and after World War I? Why were they treated as they were?”
Analyze each source in the file “Sources_World_War_I” using the chart below. The sources file is found in the Effects of World War I on Political and Ethnic Minorities folder in the Content Browser on the course home page. Use your analysis to complete the writing assignment described at the end of the chart.
DO NOT COPY DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCES PROVIDED OR FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE—all answers should be written in your own words.
Use only the sources provided as the basis for your answers.
Source title
Brief summary of the source
What does it reveal about the treatment of minorities as a result of World War I?
Which minority group (or groups) is addressed in this source (Political Minorities [such as radicals, socialists, conscientious objectors, and communists]; German-Americans; African Americans)?
“AMERICAN RIGHTS”
Speech giving by U.S treasury secretary William McAdoo stating that the fate of civilization is at stake. Every man and woman that is not in war should be moved by a spirit which animates the troops. That should be willing to sacrifice and give up something just as the troops have done. To support those that have died for the country.
That one should support the country you live in because there are others out there dying for you. socialist ESPIONAGE ACT, 1917
An act