Anti-German Hysteria

World War One's geopolitical significance is seen as the realignment of political powers in Europe and the emergence of America as a world power. Closer to the American home front were the seismic cultural and social shifts spawned by the Nativist tendencies. Nativism is the supposedly patriotic fervor leads inhabitants of longer standing to discrimination against newly arrived immigrants. Conflicts between these two groups dealt with issues including religion, traditions, jobs, language, and educational philosophies. Nativism was particularly prevalent in large U.S. cities, where larg…