In the early 20th century visionaries in America sought to defend their nation from waves of foreign immigrants as to preserve the original ethnic stock of their country that had made it great. This begged the question: what was the original ethnic makeup of America?
🧵 The Federal Government wanted to restrict future migration to America in proportion to those ethnicities' share of the population of the USA at its founding, so they analyzed the first census conducted in 1790. Previous research had failed, so they appointed a new committee.

The frontier has long been a fascination for the Germanic peoples, and such was the case for the energetic German pioneers of the Middle Ages that carved out territories for their race by iron and blood.

A thread on Albert the Bear and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. 🧵 Before we talk about the man himself, it is important to understand some context about the German Ostsiedlung as well as the House of Ascania. Originally, many Germanic tribes occupied the east bank of the Elbe, but after they left in the Migration Period, Slavs took up residence