Briefly describe how the developments in the first half of the 1800s discussed in the excerpt relate to earlier developments in the second half of the 1700s. Briefly describe how ONE piece of evidence from the first half of the nineteenth century could be used to support, modify, or refute the argument made in the excerpt.

world war i had a devastating effect on german-americans and their cultural heritage. up until that point   german-americans, as a group, had been spared much of the discrimination, abuse, rejection, collective mistrust experienced by so many different racial and ethnic groups in the history of the united states. indeed, over the years, they had been viewed as a well integrated and esteemed part of american society. all of this change with the outbreak of war.  

b because thats the naswer i got