1. World War I and 1920s Consumerism
... Henry, in A Farewell to Arms. Henry describes the words "sacred," "glorious," and "sacrifice" as meaningless because people fail to fulfill their meanings (Document G). People didn't want to risk more American lives and money to fight a war that had nothing to do with them in the first place. President Woodrow Wilson wrote his famous Fourteen Points which were a basis for world peace. The ... approximately five million members by 1923. However, such fears stirred up American attitudes towards immigrants and immigration restriction laws were immediately passed. In 1917, a literary test w...
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