![]() The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, maker of Budweiser, was established by a German immigrant in 1857. ![]() Perhaps the most long-lasting and popular German contribution is beer. Beginning in the 1850s, German Christmas traditions, particularly the Christmas tree, became popular in the United States as part of an effort to "revive Christmas" in response to economic and political upheaval. German immigrants settled primarily in ethnic enclaves and all-German towns, but their cultural traditions and foods soon spread to the American masses. Germans also established their own newspapers educational, musical, and philosophical clubs and various organizations in their new hometowns. In 1857, Margaretha Meyer Schurz, Carl Schurz's wife, established the first American kindergarten in Wisconsin. German immigrants placed great emphasis on early public education, which they enjoyed in their homeland. Many Germans who emigrated in the 1840s and 1850s were well-educated, particularly in comparison to the average American. Schurz helped rally the German vote for President Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and later served as a Union general, Spanish ambassador, U.S. After Carl Schurz participated in the failed 1848 political uprisings, he moved to Wisconsin and became a popular political speaker known for his anti-slavery views. Once here, these immigrants made important contributions to American society. German immigrants also went on to serve in politics. German immigrants were an important subset of American culture from before the Revolution, but they made their greatest impact beginning in the 1840s and 1850s, when over a million migrated to the U.S., primarily to escape political upheaval. Many of these political ideals would be influential to labor unions in the coming decades. They carried their political aspirations to America, where they formed a significant voting bloc, and introduced political ideologies such as anarchism and socialism to their new communities. Many Germans who immigrated in the 1850s did so as a result of the failed democratic revolutions of 18 in Vienna, Berlin and much of southwest Germany.
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