Editing Babel Proclamation (section)

== Rise in anti-German sentiment ==
As America became involved in [[World War I]] on the side of the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] and against Germany, the nation saw a rise in [[anti-German sentiment]]. [[Nativism (politics)|Nativism]], which had existed before the war, became increasingly mainstream as a result of American intervention.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Derr|first=Nancy|date=2004-04-01|title=The Babel Proclamation|url=https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/ihi/article/id/1592/|journal=Iowa Heritage Illustrated|volume=85|issue=2|pages=|issn=0031-0360}}</ref>{{Rp|128–129}} The state of [[Iowa]] saw a particularly large rise in anti-German sentiment. On November 23, 1917, the [[Iowa State Council for Defense]] determined that German should not be taught in public schools and took actions to that effect, such as burning German books. Iowa also saw places that had German-related names renamed, such as Germania being renamed to [[Lakota, Iowa|Lakota]]. Some German-Americans were attacked for speaking their language in public. In 1900 there were 46 German-language newspapers in Iowa; 20 years later there were just 16.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|130–134}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Alan|first=Axelrod|url=https://archive.org/details/sellinggreatwarm00axel_0|title=Selling the Great War|date=2009|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-230-60503-9|pages=182}}</ref>