The region of the country known for subsistence farming, fishing, and shipping was

a. the backcountry

b. the middle colonies

c. the southern colonies

d. the new england colonies

e. none of the above

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.