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Creel, The maker of CPI also made the “Four Minute Men”, which was an army who gave speeches to get people's attention. They got this name because their speeches could be no longer than four minutes, this was to get every word heard by the public. They gave so many speeches because they always needed work to get out what they needed to the public. This group had a huge effect and hired the Jewish community. They could not deliver speeches of violence or they will be fined. The government adored the four minute man as they said they were very helpful with informing the public about the war and get them aware. They even said in a speech that a German spy was watching all of them which scared Americans.

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German Americans raised funds for Germany’s widows and orphans. When the U.S was in the war in 1917, German culture was attacked. This is where Anti-German hysteria began. German language classes were taken away. Libraries removed German books. The German-Americans were known as “enemies” now. Every German like thing in America was changed like names of streets, banks, etc. The German-Americans had to prove that they were loyal to the United States. After the war ended, people still disliked the Germans which banned their language.

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The people who made this poster tried to catch the public's attention with the graphic design so people walking nearby would clearly see this poster. The goal of this poster was so that people could recruit for the war because we needed more troops. It’s very eye catching because it has Uncle Sam pointing at whoever is looking at this artwork.

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Food shortages were happening all over the world, especially in Europe before it hit the United states. The meaning of this poster was to show Americans that if they changed their eating habits, they could save food. Americans were forced to plant gardens because they couldn’t eat meat or wheat. They were told to try to eat more corn and fish.

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This poster was made by Women who weren’t being recruited for the military. They could serve through different organizations though. The women’s land army increased the amount of women working on the land that farmers were while they were in the military.

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Propaganda was the attempt by the government to form popular opinion to people in other nations but sometimes, using not true information. This could be a threat to democracy. This forced America to be biased with the information they were given about the war.

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The Schenck v. The United States took place on March 3, 1919 which ruled that the first amendment (The freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition against the government) could be limited if the words printed or said were a clear danger. Charles T. Schenck was arrested for having gone against the Espionage Act, three times. He is the general secretary of the U.S Socialist Party, in which they disagreed with the fact that all citizens of age were to be drafted into the military to serve for the country, no matter what. The hearing that took place, Schenck argued that the Espionage Act was unconstitutional and that he has the right to freedom of speech. The court ruled out that while he had freedom of speech, anything that represented danger was able to be hidden by the congress.

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The Sedition Act was made in 1918, mainly by A. Mitchell Palmer, who was the attorney general while Woodrow Wilson was president.This act was mainly for any anti-war activists and were given punishments for making false statements abusing the U.S Government, the flag, the constitution, etc. It was illegal to make war materials and advocate. This act provided the same punishment as the Espionage which was $10,000 fine or in prison for as much as 20 years. They then got rid of the punishments if caught disrespecting this act, because this went against the first amendment unless it was truly trying to tear the country   down. 

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The Espionage Act prohibited anyone from publishing opinions that would get in the way with the U.S military’s battle against Germany because they don’t want the other nations to have an advantage and so it didn’t hurt the US troops. This act also made punishing people legal if they got in the way of enlistment in the army.  This act would have been created after the CPI got away with publishing the government’s opinions to try to make everyone think the same about the War, but this only made the conflict worse.  Local postmasters were to report any posters or newspapers that might be against the act. Charles T. Schenck, who was actually a socialist, was charged as he published a paper that went against the draft. People realized that this act went against the first amendment right, which was the freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.

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The government established CPI or the Committee on Public information also known as the Creel committee as it was named after George Creel. This was the first huge propaganda business ever. The goal of this organization was that while going into world war 1, the attempt to put out the right information to the public and so everyone was on the same page. They sent out this information through newspapers, and in March 1917, they created a bulletin, post offices and others. This was to try to make every american prepare to attend in the war. The CPI even tried to get the message out to Women, Laborers, Immigrants and more. Later on in expansion, Stanton Ford made visuals and published them to the public that had images to make Germany look bad. This however was not great for German Americans as people of the public made assumptions about them to be linked to the Germans side, while the CPI was doing great in publicity. Towards the end of the war, the CPI gained less publicity as they were pretty much going overboard with their opinions which made the problem worse.