Propaganda and German influence in American schools and politics
Examination of German propaganda in the United States during World War I, outlining how German texts and teachers shaped school curricula in Chicago New York and other cities, exposing glorified kings and emperors while urging Americans to distinguish loyalty to the nation from émigré German ties. It discusses Prince Henrys US visit and anti pro German sentiment, urging German Americans to declare American allegiance and warning against traitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Buffalo
Harrisburg
Trenton
Boston
Philadelphia
Providence
New York
Germany
Universal Service
America
Hugo Schmidt
Deutsche Bank
Central Park
Russia
Gerard
United States
Altho I
Minneapolis
Helena
Billings
Butte
Missoula
Montana
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Washington
Portland
Oregon
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Pasadena
Milwaukee
Chicago
Cleveland
Thompson
Marror
Major Funkhouser
Wade
Funkhouser
Walter J. Barlow
Mary Pickard
Allss Pickford
Fox Film Company
Fox Company
Alschuler
Red Cross
Liberty
Medinah Temple
Hamilton Club
Prussia
Elia Flagg Young
Anthony Czarnecki
Chicago Daily News
Berlin
Rhein
Frederick
Charlemagne
Alexander
Julius Caesar
Theodorick
Napoleon
Frederick the Great
Goethe
Eid
Kaiser
Chicago Board of Education
France
Lusitania
E. Prokosch
University of Texas
United States of America
Tim
Bundesrath
Reichstag
Congress
Yreichstag
Prokosch
C. M. Purin
Frederick Betz
Department of Modern Languages
East High School
Rochester
Frederick William I
Europe
Beethoven
Mozart
Schiller
Lessing
Queen Louise
Field Marshal
Blucher
Bismarck
William I
Oscar Burkhard
University of Minnesota
Cation
Barbarossa
Penn
William Penn
Daniel Pastorius
Frantfort
Pennsylvania
Baron von Steuben
Gén. von Steuben
Yorktown
Steuben
Beaumarchais
South
England
Brazil
Prince Henry
Prince’ Henry
Bavaria
Saxony
Hanover
Wurtemberg
Hesse
von Tirpitz
Roosevelt
Annapolis
Brooklyn Navy Yard
West Point
Middlewest
St. Louis
Altoona
Deutscher Kriege Verein
Mili
Homan Catholic
Stagta-Verband
Illinois
St. Louis Club
Germania Club
Deutscher Kriegebund
Hotel Pfister
Netherland
Armory
Bernstorff
Bernsterff
Frankfort
Hamburg
Bremen
Great Britain
Otr
Gen. Siegel
Carl Schurz
Army of
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Tages Zeitung
Morthpiece
Brandenburg
Nuremberg
Sigismund III
Druander
Dryander
Lille
Tourcoing
Roubaix
Belgium
Poland
God
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Telegraph
London Daily Telegraph
Europa
Tageblatt
Altho
Hague
Trail of German Propaganda Through U.S. Textbooks
A historical piece traces how German inspired militaristic praise moved into American public school textbooks. It asserts educators and publishers unknowingly echoed propaganda, shaping student views of authority and war concepts during the era.
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