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During this time period, there was an increased pressure in assuring that America becomes americanized. Upon this situation, the German Language Learning and deaf manualism caught my eye the most. As Battistella mentioned, after World War I ended, "several states adopted laws that restricted the use of foriegn languages in... parochial schools" (Battistella, 5). Due to Nebraska's high German-speaking population, they were forced to adopt laws that restrict the usage of foreign languages. Moreover, Robert Meyer, a teacher at a parochial school, was fined for teaching German to students during lunch hours. Meyer eventually lost the case, but the case was later overturned. The efforts to homogenized United States hurts families, but more importantly,

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