Expression Leads to Repression
Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I
"Once led into a war, our people will forget that there was ever such a thing as tolerance . . . ruthless brutality will enter into the very fiber of our national life, infecting Congress, the courts, the policeman, the man in the street."
--Woodrow Wilson on the eve of requesting from Congress a declaration of war
The newspaper articles, photos, and letters in this section are samples of the rampant anti-German hysteria in Wisconsin during World War I.
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Entire Expression Leads to Repression package (PDF, 7.5MB)
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Background and Suggested Activities (PDF, 89KB)
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"Banking House Changes Name," Wausau Record Herald, 1/19/1918 (PDF, 173KB)
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"Farmer Charged with Pro-Kaiser Talk on Trail," Eau Claire Leader, 7/23/1918 (PDF, 106KB)
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"Another Tar and Feather Party is Staged," Ashland Daily Press, 4/11/1918 (PDF, 2MB)
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"Former Fall Creek School Head Jailed on Espionage Act Warrant," Eau Claire Leader, 10/20/1918 (PDF, 212KB)
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"German Language Barred in Grades," Milwaukee Sentinel, 3/12/1918 and "Her Name German, She Changes it to Ruth J. Gerry, " La Crosse Tribune, 3/3/1918 (PDF, 380KB)
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Correspondence Between Governor Emanuel Philipp, the Wisconsin State Council of Defense, and the German Lutheran Church of Washburn (PDF, 4.5MB)
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Newspaper Article Analysis Sheet (PDF, 55KB)
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Document Analysis Sheet for Correspondence Between Governor Emanuel Philipp, the Wisconsin State Council of Defense, and the German Lutheran Church of Washburn (PDF, 63KB)
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