The U.S. Did What During WWI?

There were many measures taken by the U.S. during WWI, some so extreme and outlandish that we never get to hear about them. Here are a few: 

• ‘Liberty sausage’, ‘liberty cabbage’ and ‘liberty dogs’ were born
• In America, suspicion of the Germans was so high that even German shepherd dogs were killed. The names of frankfurters, hamburgers, sauerkraut and dachshunds were all changed to American names, German stopped being taught in schools and German-language books were banned. Before the war, it had been the second most widely spoken language in the US.
• The youngest authenticated combatant to serve was only 12
• Many young men faked their age in order to sign up early. The youngest to do so was Sidney Lewis, who was only 12 years old at the time.

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