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There's an episode of Boardwalk empire where Nucky makes a joke about Jimmy fighting World War 1 "to make the world safe for democracy". in 1920 would anybody have been using that kind of language with regard to America’s involvement in the War?

by /u/grapp in /r/AskHistorians

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