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Questions of German American loyalty increased due to events like the German bombing of Black Tom island [98] and the U.S. entering World War I, many German Americans were arrested for refusing allegiance to the U.S. [99] War hysteria led to the removal of German names in public, names of things such as streets, [100] and businesses. [101]
German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States who are of German ancestry; they form the largest ethnic ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 17% of U.S. population. [1] The first significant numbers arrived in the 1680s in New York and Pennsylvania. Some eight million German immigrants have entered ...
Kirsten Dunst, American actress of German descent, holds German citizenship. David Garrett, pop artist and violinist. Ernst Hanfstaengl, ex-Nazi and intelligence worker for the Americans during World War II. Emil Jannings, actor. Carlos Kleiber, German-born Austrian conductor. Boris Kodjoe, Austrian-born American actor. Ghanaian father and ...
In the 2020 United States census, English Americans (46.6 millon), German Americans (45 millon), Irish Americans (31.7 millon), and Italian Americans (16.8 million) were the four largest self-reported European ancestry groups in the United States, forming 37.8% of the total population. [44]
The term "hyphenated American" was published by 1889, [7] and was common as a derogatory term by 1904. During World War I, the issue arose of the primary political loyalty of ethnic groups who retained close ties to their relatives in Europe, especially German Americans.
In the German Confederation, the Forty-eighters favoured unification of Germany, a more democratic government, and guarantees of human rights. [1] Although many Americans felt very sympathetic to their cause and were saddened by their defeat, many Forty-Eighters were Freethinkers who were more influenced by post-1789 republicanism in France and ...
German American Heritage Center; German Americans in the American Civil War; German Church and Cemetery; German Emigration Center; German Life; German Presbyterian Church and Hortonville Cemetery; German prisoners of war in the United States; German Reform Movement (New York City, 1800s) German Village; German Village Historic District; German ...
During the early years of the Second World War (i.e., before the US entered the war), a small number of Americans of German origin returned to Germany; generally they were immigrants or children of immigrants, rather than descendants of migrations more distant in time. Some of these enlisted and fought in the German army. [citation needed]