Question

The reference to people as "Huns" during World War I is an example of:

A. distrust of immigrants from eastern Europe.
B. propaganda meant to demonize Germans.
C. suspicion toward the Communist Party.
D. the branding of popular dissenters as traitors.

Answer 1

Answer: B.

Explanation: After German emperor Wilhelm II encouraged his soldiers to be as merciless as the Huns during a speech in 1900, the term became associated with Germany. During World War I, “Hun” was widely used as an epithet toward Germans.

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