Historical Investigation

Effects of Anti-German Sentiment on Prohibition

To what extent did Anti-German sentiment (before during and after(prenominal) WWI) lead to the Prohibition of the 1920s?
Interlake High School
22 march 2012
Word Count: 1518

Rigel Kuhn
Mr. Stearns
Period 3
A. Plan of Investigation
The aim of this investigation is to evaluate how much effect the Anti-German sentiment of the Statesn citizens on the Prohibition movement of the 1920s. The investigation will focus on the social movements of Americans, such as all groups or associations make before the Prohibition. In addition, it will focus on German beer production as a means to measurements, and political movements which includes any acts passed before the Prohibition. In the section titled Evaluation of Sources, two sources used for this investigation, World War I, and The Jazz Age: The American 1920s, are evaluated for their origins, purposes, values and limitations.
B.



Summary of Evidence
Social Movements
* American gate into the war made Prohibition seem patriotic since some breweries were owned by German Americans (Digital History)
* Anti-Saloon League, used their connections through churches to get people into office that agreed with the ASL (Cohen 30)
* Anti-Saloon League defeated the unify States Brewers Association (USBA) and the Nation Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association (NWLDA) in the 1905 election for governor of Ohio
* Anti-German sentiment was but the natural and needed result of our growing suspicion of Germany, in the fields of consider and colonization, in her general world policy, in her cold defiance of solemn treaties and in our increasing fear of the possibilities of German militarism (Schieber 69)
* The spotless policy of the German Government was completely out of amity with American Institutions, and people were opposed to German autocracy (Schieber 69)
* A search for spies and saboteurs escalated into efforts to suppress German culture in America (Feldman 73)...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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