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this shows us that if we work hard we can win

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the u.s was fighting to prevent nazi army from taking over and be

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No matter what size, shape, race or religion us people need to come together. This world has enough problems as it is and we need to be there for each other. At the end of the none of that matters we all need someone by our sides.

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I feel this propaganda is the most effective. I feel this is effective  because Nazi is crushing this church down. Their crushing down how people cope with horrific things such as Nazis. The Nazis are killing people's souls We as Americans needed to fight because to prevent this from happening. To prevent us from dying inside.

I agree with Ben V., He makes a very good point on how effective this poster is. His ideas on how people don't agree with other countries believes, I agree with 100%.

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it shows that woman can help fight in the war too.  Rosie the Riveter is represented as a strong, competent woman dressed in overalls and a bandanna. she was a symbol of patriotic womanhood.

this image is a sinister looking soldier wearing a German helmet and is peering over a wall at the viewer. this became an icon of military prowess and national pride, while for the Allies it became a symbol of menacing evil.

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KEEP'EM FLYING,MISS U.S.A

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This is a poster of a young woman holding a waving American flag wearing a white dress.  This poster is effective because it shows a woman in the battle field with soldiers who a struggling to move forward. the woman is holding the American flag to signify home and what to fight for and it says to fight or buy bonds to help protect your family and home.
I agree with Emma because our children (family) is one of the most important reasons to fight and win the war in any way you can which can include buying bonds.

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this poster is effective because it is about them fighting over each others axis.the country's need to agree with each other.Its shows two country's sharing their sides.we can have less wars if they share the axis.

i agree with Cj

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I think this poster is most effective because in pearl harbor we need all the resource we can get and it will be more useful. We can conserve tons of thing like food, ammunition, and more powerful resources to make more powerful bombs and more bombs in general.

I agree with Ben V

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This poster is more effective to me because the dog is laying on a couch waiting for its owner to come back, but they won't or can't come back because they are dead. Because bunch of people died during our first attack of World War 2. Plus its saying that everybody talked about what happened and what they felt. Ans to tell you that you should not go against the United States at all. I agree to this because it is saying somebody is talking. Its saying that people are telling their tells about what happened when we first hit Hiroshima.  And thats what the dog below symbolizes to me. And my grandpa was in World War 2 and he had his dog at war with him. So this is why I pick this poster. Because it reminds me of my grandpa when he was in World War 2.
I agree with Andrew because of pearl harbor, it was much more bloodier than now a days wars.

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I believe that this propaganda poster is most effective because it shows how American citizens want to protect there younger ones from the Nazis. Nobody wants there child to die at a young age. I agree with Khai because without any citizens if we take the defeat, we wouldn't have any doctors, lawyers, or any other workers, our community would be a mess.

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I liked this poster because it showed that while your husband is working in the war, sitting around isn't doing anything. Waiting for him to come home isn't going to benefit him or you. This poster is urging you to go get a job for the government to help out the country.

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I believe this is the most effective because it shows the effect of what would happen if you were defeated. Citizens would then try to prevent defeat by helping the government and soldiers. I agree with Ben V. because religion is a choice. The Nazis would want you to worship Hitler and not God.

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No matter what shape, size , race, or religion all people

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if we work together we can fight more stronger. we work as a team. always have hope for etch other never. we need to take care of etch other and now they are working for something and thatch freedom. this is why i chose this picker. i agree with jesse because we had the same thing to say about it and we had the same picker

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I think that the poster is saying that our nation's children were hiding from the shadow. In this case, the shadow is a nazi symbol so it's saying that if we are gonna keep our children safe we have to fight by buying war bonds.
I agree with Lindsey because they were brutal and showed no mercy. They were awful people and killed innocent people and I think Lindsey and her propaganda poster demonstrates that perfectly.

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In the time of World War 2 most people depended on god and the church and we need church to share our relationship and thought with good and it means a lot to me when the Nazis and other countries are trying to destroy something that people depend their lives on and it makes me mad that countries don't care about everyone else's religion and feelings but it also makes me happy to see that people are fighting for their proud home and giving their lives up for their religion. I agree with Cj when he says that when we work as a team we are stronger and that gives us a chance to have world peace.

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I think this poster is most effective because in pearl harbor we need all the resource we can get and it will be more useful. We can conserve tons of thing like food, ammunition, and more powerful resources to make more powerful bombs and more bombs in general.

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This poster shows that many people gave up their time, hard work, and maybe even their lives fighting trying to protect our country. while many other people may speak of doing their part,only the people actually fighting in the war know how much they had to give up.

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I think that this pic is important bc the more you what to get a war job is the less time you have to help remember to remember the people who got killed by the bomb and also i think its saying that women can do it too.

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I believe this one was most emotionally touching to those who doubt war efforts. I believe that a poster should be addressing a simple idea of a group. In this case it is uniting people by religion to join an effort. I think this was most effective, because it brings every Christian citizen together.

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I think that this poster is really important to World War Two because it really shows how much thought and engineering goes into combat. It also represents the will and man power that goes into these tanks. Without tanks we would not have won the war because we would not be able to go forwards because there would still be a stale mate in the trenches. There are many reasons tanks are important and a huge reason is the fact that they save infantry stuck in a battle. They do that be driving into battle and all the infantry goes behind the tank, so that plays a major role in the casualty rates.

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i think this is the most effective because it shows how we fight with our allies and that is one of the main things in war.

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I think this picture really represents how brutal the Nazis were. If I saw that during WW11 I would want to do something to prevent the Nazis taking over America. That is what makes it so effective.
I agree with Halle because children are innocent and it wasn't their fault that WW11 was started.

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I chose this picture because it in this time of war they needed all people and they wouldn't care what race you were as long as you helped in the war. They needed to be united so they could overcome the Nazis and Japan. They are showing that they need to win and we could all do it together. They are saying that lots of things are achievable if you work together.
I agree with Joseph because it could be a great tactic because most people were Christians and they did not want that.

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Victory waits on your fingers- Keep 'em flying, Miss U.S.A This is was the most effective and emotional to me because it shows that women help in wars too. Not only the men's help win the war. It's true that they fight but women also work. They don't just sit in the house just waiting for their husband or sons to come back home. Women at homes support their loved one who are off at war fighting and write letters to support and encourage them, also to make them feel like they got this like "I can do this!" Every men at war has at least one lady at home either it's relatives or wife. Without the support from their love ones waiting at home, they wouldn't have as much self courage and belief in themselves. Reading their love ones letter could make them work hard and try to make them proud.

I agree with Madisyn, not because she's my best friend even though she is, because what she said is true.

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I find this one the most effective and emotional because this shows how much it affected others when someone talked. The other people on other sides could always hear you. This shows it. This lady, a citizen, talked and someone from another country must have heard her and then they found out what her country was going to do, and now she is wanted for murder because just a few words during a time like this could, and may have gotten someone killed. During a sensitive time like world war two, you have to be careful and aware of your surroundings, because something may slip, that will get you killed, and many other civilians.

I agree with Julianne because hers was very true, and explained the ways everyday civilians could make consequences for their whole country.

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I picked this one because it makes you aware that people are fighting and passing away for you. Soldiers are doing you a huge favor by fighting for your freedom. It makes you think that you should be helping them some way since they are helping you in a big way.

I agree with Madisyn because people actions do have consequences.

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This poster specks to me because we talked about the sacrifices they made but they saw the sacrifices first hand. They know the meaning of sacrifice. They sacrificed just to keep us and the place we lived safe. They sacrificed there lives for you and me so we could see what would become of the this world good or bad. They used there strength to succeed even if they had to sacrifice their life. <3

I agree with Cindy because women did help it may have just been with a letter but it helped them.

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This War World 2 poster is important to me becase it supports the war by the bonds and incurages help for families at home. While the men were out at war fighting the woman were at home working, taking the mens jobs, and still raising families. The men did not have it easy but neither did the women and this poster supports both of them. The hands represent Germany and Japan keeping our men at war and also putting the woman and children indanger. By buying war bonds it helps the production of supplies for war and home and keeps the men fighting safer and healthier. The men at war fighting for safety then everyone is safer at home.
I agree with Julianne because its important to me and most patriots to be loyal to their country and leaking secrets in the middle of a major war is in no way being loyal.

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I think this poster is effective because religion is very important people and this shows what would happen if the war is lost. so that will make people join the fight. It also shows what Hitler would do if he wins the war.

I agree with Diego's poster because it is all true and it shows how bad the Nazi's really are.

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I think is very important because we all had to work united and together to win World War 2 because one person couldn't do that by their self. That's why we need to work together

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I think this poster is the most effective because everyone can talk of sacrifice or say they can do something but this man has actually done it. Anyone can say they would die for their country but he has actually done it. I think this makes you appreciate the people who go out and fight and die for our country. It makes you think about how they risk everything every time they go to work because they love their country. Every time he goes to war he knows he might not come back, but he does it anyway.

I agree with Ben V. because religion is a choice. You should not be forced into changing your beliefs

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This poster is really important and effective because it depicts the fact that are innocent children of the war. Children are children and just want to play outside or stay up past there bedtime. They shouldn't have the burden of starving or the fear of getting shot when they walk outside. This poster can emotionally connect to families during world war two because parents just want the best for their children. And if the atomic bomb hits an area of innocent children, society will forever be reminded of all the innocent children killed and injured in the war by the permanent shadow. This poster can really rewire the way people look and think about the war in terms of children having to go into hiding or scared to death about an atomic bomb hitting their homes and once again be reminded that they are just innocent children.

I agree with Gracie because men were sacrificing a lot while fighting but women also had to sacrifice a lot in the war too.

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This is what I beleive is the most effective due to the fact that it shows exactly what the allies were faced with, this show the terrible side of the foes. It's clear to see that they would torture. They would massacre many just of their beleifs. Nazi brutality, it shows how brutal they were, it's even stated tat all men of Lidoce, and Czechoslovakia have been shot. During the night of broken glass or Kristallnacht this kind of brutality was shown again, with Jewish shop being raided, and ruined. It is also shown in this picture by having a man with a bag over his head, and is hand cuffed.

I agree with "papa smurf". It does show how the Nazi were extremely powerful at the time, and that if the allies hope to with they need to fight with everything they have. At the begining of the war the Nazis were able to take over france, and had an extremely strong army. They most likely would've taken britain if the british didn't show their resolve, and fight back with everything.

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I think that this poster is very effective because it shows just how much everyday people contribute to the war and can affect others. Anybody who shares information about the war carelessly does contribute. You never know who is listening and it is crucial that people realize this. Any person that lets information loose can cost hundreds of thousands of lives. Civilians and leaders from opposing countries are always on the lookout for anything of importance. No one else should lose their lives because you feel the need to speak of classified information about the war openly.

I definitely agree with Halle and her interpretation of one piece of WW2 propaganda. It shows just how much the fighting of adults can affect our children. We shouldn't let our children live in fear because of the fighting of the adults around them.

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This poster is effective because its showing that Germany is actually powerful and that people themselves should help the military because Nazis have a chance of taking over the United States

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I chose this because it shows that African Americans and white people can work together to fight for whats right and for the red,white and blue flag.They will work together so that they can fight and help the country and other people and whats good for the country and people and help build weapons and cars and other things that will help fight in war and against the enemy And black people risk their lives to fight in war to protects the rest and if they do a bad job they get a punishment other than white people.They don't do much work as it is they barely want to go into war as it is and that's what this poster means to me.

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This poster commemorates the notion of working as one. Rather than only one person many will help assisting one another in the accomplishment of a goal

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this poster is telling that we can make weapons that help us for the next war so, kind of like when we used the atomic bomb and it killed 75,000 people and for the secound time it killed 45,000 people and it stop the japs

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nazi brutality

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BY: TIP

the poster really stands out to me because the man is fighting for his country. he is working hard and doing every thing he can for his country.he is not giving up for nothing.

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By:Bree

I feel like this poster is saying how we can achieve what we really want,and how we should accomplish our dreams and how we can be victorious and how so many people could be proud of the achiever.And also how women can stand up and help the government out and how they could make it a great place .

I agree with Katy Stoltenburg because like we said

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I think this is the most effective poster because it shows the swastika on a boot, which represents Nazi Germany, stepping on a church. The church represents religious freedom, which Hitler wanted to abolish. Freedom of religion was an American right.

I agree w/ sunshine bc he explains how his poster includes racially equality and how everyone was included and worked together in the war.

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You talk of sacrifice...He knew the meaning of Sacrifice!I feel like this picture is the best because it shows that when we talk and think about the sacrifices. These soldiers are out there committing these sacrifices. One of the main reasons people don't join the army if fear. Fear of dyeing, of loosing friends and family, leaving friends family. So for these soldiers to actually go out and have that courage

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I like this because call of duty is one of my favorite games of all time.

and i like that they call for duty so they can go into a mission

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Longing wont bring him back sooner - Melissa H

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Longing wont bring him back sooner - Melissa H

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I think this poster is very emotional and effective. It shows women that men are busy in the war and they are needed to do other jobs. About 350,000 women served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Women worked either from home or abroad. Posters like this showed women that they were needed in the war too,and that they shouldn't just sit around worrying about they're husbands in the war. These posters also show that war wasn't only a mans job.
I agree with Katy where she says "Women are involved in the war just as much as men".

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this poster is telling us something about how Anyone can do anything.It tells how we can make a change basically the poster is encouraging us. and is showing we have strength and determination.the first atomic bomb killed 75,000 japanese people the second time it killed 45,000 japanese.Yes we can do it it stopped the japanese from attacking

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This poster is the most effective to me because it shows how both African-Americans and White people. It didn't matter what color you were this war brought both sides together to help America. They didn't care if your were black, white, or Mexican you could help the U.S. win the war and get all those soldiers back home. They wanted them to fight for the Red, White, and Blue.
I agree with Thomas Mandell because the Jews were important and stood for something.

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we can do it

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VICTORY WAITS ON YOUR FINGERS - KEEP 'EM FLYING, MISS U.S.AThis poster is the most effective poster to me because it shows that Women are involved in the war just as much as men. This poster says that victory waits on your fingers and it has a picture of a woman with a typewriter in front of her on the poster. When it say keeps 'em flying, Miss U.S.A it tells me that women are a big part of the war even though the are not fighting. This also shows that the women do not just sit around the house waiting for their husband to come home. They know that they may or may not come home without their help. The women support their husbands even though they are thousands of miles away fighting to save our country. Without the women's help, the men might not believe in themselves because they do not have support from home. The women are sending their husbands letters from their typewriter as much as possible. That is the poster says that victory waits on your fingers.

I agree with Bree because she has the same thoughts as me and shows that women really do help out the men from home.

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I felt the picture of the Nazi's stepping on the churches had the most impact. One thing the Nazi's wanted to do was to wipe out religion. Hitler hated the Jews. My dad's side of the family is all Jewish. So is Hitler were to get to America, who knows what could have happened to my family. On my mother's side my grandpa and great-grandpa were both pastors. Also if the Nazi's were able to take over America we would lose all sorts of freedoms like religion, speech, and press.

I agree with Cole that the church represents freedom and the Nazi's wanted to get rid of that.

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I think that this is the most meaningful poster. It shows Hitler and the Axis Powers destroying a church. The church represents the freedom of religion. Freedom of religion is a very important right in America. After all, most people came to what would become America to escape religious oppression. Hitler wanted to remove that. America even has God in it's Pledge of Allegiance. his is why I believe that this is the most powerful piece of Propaganda.

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Some women were needed both in the civil defense industries and in the military, even if they had work at home, offices, and factories

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it says to basically contribute to the war effort because its your duty to support america . just like WWI many people joined the war and still needed more people to fight.

i liked skittles response because  ti is .

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I Feel Like The Propaganda Below Is Effective Because It Shows That People Can Talk About Making Sacrifices But They Don't actually Know The Meaning Of Making Sacrafices

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I feel like this propaganda poster below is effective because it shows us that our world is in danger because of war.

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I feel like the propaganda poster below is the most meaningful to me, because it represents that when men are in the war, women have a lot of responsibilities, and taking care of everything at home, their children, their jobs, making a living, and it makes it worse having to worry about their husbands while they're at war and have no communication at home. Back then taking care of children was different. Now-a-days, Moms have to take their children to their sporting events. Like one of her sons has soccer practice, or a tournament. Then, they had to help get them dressed, bathing was more difficult - especially when most of the water went to the men for drinking water - and sometimes they wouldn't be able to even bath once a week. And if you were really low class, there would be an extremely low chance of getting a bath at all. Women had to do all the laundry, and the cooking, and usually people looked down upon women, but this poster shows that women are people. Humans. We are important. We can do it!

"We Can Do It!" Propaganda Poster from World War II.I agree with Fernanda.

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I feel like this propaganda poster below is the effective because it show that women can be part of the war as well as the men. Women have things to do during the war just like the men on the battlefront. They are as important as any other people in the world and they have to start ration so that everybody have enough food to survive the war. It shows that the women can be brave too not just the soldiers. They have things to do at home like taking care of their children, house chores and grocery shopping. I agree with Lexie because every women has a job to take care of once their men have gone to war.

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Longing Won`t Bring Him Back Sooner . . .Get a War Job! By:Skittles

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Longing Won`t Bring Him Back Sooner . . .Get a War Job! By:Skittles

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I think this is the most important propaganda poster because it changes women's minds on what their role is this society is. And that they should not just sit at home and worry about their husbands that are at war fighting for their lives to protect the country. Also that they should get a war job so that they can feel included in this fight and not feel so depressed all the time and to have something to keep their minds off the chance that their husbands might not come home.During World War II, some 350,000 women served in the U.S. Armed Forces, both at home and abroad. They included the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, who on March 10, 2010, were awarded the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal. Meanwhile, widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labour force. Between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home.

I agree with Eve and lexie because women should have a chance to work once their husbands leave to fight so that they can have something to do and feel like they have worth in the world-Skittles

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Waste helps the Enemy    CONSERVE MATERIAL!

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Waste helps the Enemy    CONSERVE MATERIAL!

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I feel that this poster help us to understand that conservation during the war was important, so the troops can have most of the materials. That citizens should take part in conservation and salvage campaigns. During the war, gasoline, rubber, sugar, butter, and some meats were rationed. So if you don't conserve you will be helping the nazis win the war.

Response: Longing Won`t Bring Him Back Sooner ... .Get a War Job! By: Skittles This shows that the war effort was at home to that what they did at home affected the war. also that the government showed concern for the family that the soldiers left. So the government gave the war jobs so the families can keep their minds off their family at the war front, and to help their family.

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The recent passage of a $642 billion defense bill by the U.S. House of Representatives, even under the threat of a White House veto, carries weighty provisions such as a ban of same-sex marriage on military bases and continued allowance of indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. But a little reported-on amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act is beginning to get more attention. It is a measure that some are calling "creeping fascism" and others "a bit unsettling. "

The amendment has bipartisan sponsorship by Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash) and would essentially legalize propaganda by the government within the United States. Buzzfeed reports it is an amendment that would "strike the current ban on domestic dissemination," meaning both the the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 and Foreign Relations Authorization Act in 1987 would be overturned.

A Tuesday press release announced the "The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012″ explaining that it would "[modify] a Cold War-era law that hampers diplomatic, defense, and other agencies' ability to communicate in the 21st century."

"We continue to face a multitude of threats and we need to be able to counter them in a multitude of ways. Communication is among the most important," Rep. Thornberry said in a statement. "This outdated law ties the hands of America's diplomatic officials, military, and others by inhibiting our ability to effectively communicate in a credible and transparent way. Congress has a responsibility to fix the situation."

"While the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 was developed to counter communism during the Cold War, it is outdated for the conflicts of today," said Congressman Adam Smith. "Effective strategic communication and public diplomacy should be front-and-center as we work to roll back al-Qaeda's and other violent extremists' influence among disaffected populations. An essential part of our efforts must be a coordinated, comprehensive, adequately resourced plan to counter their radical messages and undermine their recruitment abilities. To do this, Smith-Mundt must be updated to bolster our strategic communications and public diplomacy capacity on all fronts and mediums - especially online."

Buzzfeed goes on to state critics of the bill see it as an overreach to give the State Department and the Pentagon this ability:

"Clearly there are ways to modernize for the information age without wiping out the distinction between domestic and foreign audiences," says Michael Shank, Vice President at the Institute for Economics and Peace in Washington D.C. "That Reps Adam Smith and Mac Thornberry want to roll back protections put in place by previously-serving Senators - who, in their wisdom, ensured limits to taxpayer-funded propaganda promulgated by the US government - is disconcerting and dangerous."

"I just don't want to see something this significant - whatever the pros and cons - go through without anyone noticing," says one source on the Hill, who is disturbed by the law. According to this source, the law would allow "U.S. propaganda intended to influence foreign audiences to be used on the domestic population."

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"It removes the protection for Americans," says a Pentagon official who is concerned about the law. "It removes oversight from the people who want to put out this information. There are no checks and balances. No one knows if the information is accurate, partially accurate, or entirely false."

Juan Cole, a history professor at the University of Michigan, wrote on his blog Informed Comment (via Reader Supported News) that "nothing speaks more urgently to the creeping fascism of American politics" than this act:

I love our guys and gals in uniform, but they can be extremely obnoxious in any discussion about US government policy that 'gets off point' or 'doesn't serve the mission.' At Washington think tank events, I've seen them repeatedly close down discussions among e.g. State Department foreign service officers. You don't want most of the DoD types providing information to us, because it won't be in any way balanced.

Buzzfeed notes that it sees this amendment as part of a larger plan by the government to control a certain message. It cites the government's increased use of social media monitoring technology as part of plan.
(Related: Which keywords on Twitter get the government's attention?)
The Associated Press reports that although the bill passed in the Republican-controlled House, the Democratic-controlled Senate is "likely to scrap many of them and stick to the spending level in the deficit-cutting agreement."

What are your thoughts on the proposed act? Let us know in the comments.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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'Disconcerting & Dangerous': House Passes Amendment That Allows Gov't-Backed Propaganda

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The recent passage of a $642 billion defense bill by the U.S. House of Representatives, even under the threat of a White House veto, carries weighty provisions such as a ban of same-sex marriage on military bases and continued allowance of indefinite detention of terrorist suspects.

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From this link choose a piece of WW2 propaganda that elicits the most emotion.

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html

Write a response in which you identify one of the propaganda posters from the website as the most effective, and then explain what makes the poster effective as a piece of propaganda, especially during WWII. Make sure to reference the characteristics of an effective piece of propaganda in your response when explaining the effectiveness of the poster you chose to write about. Finally support your response by using the historical relevance of the poster in terms of its connection to WWII>

Also copy and paste the propaganda