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This article published in the Topeka Capital addresses the decision by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture to deny Kansas Mennonites status as Conscientious Objector exempting them from service in World War I. Included in the article is arguments by C. B. Schmidt who supports the granting of Conscientious Objector status to Mennonites.
Creator: Topeka Capital
Date: January 13, 1918
This article can be used to introduce students to the pro vs. con arguments in favor of granting Conscientious Objector status to Mennonites in Kansas.
KS: 11th: 1.7.: challenges German Americans faced in Kansas during World War I
Item Number: 213503
Call Number: K 341.3, Clipp., v.1, p. 1-123, Sedition, espionage, etc.
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213503
Collections - Library
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Mennonite
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1877-1930 (Kansas_Benchmark 1) - German Americans (Indicator 7) - Discrimination
Date - 1910s - 1918
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Peace
Military - Wars - World War I - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - European Americans - Germans
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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