Public Opinion in WW1 by Nathan Proctor https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir en-us 2020-12-01 20:29:38 UTC 2026-03-05 16:03:25 UTC hello@padlet.com The CPI proctornc https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/977583156 The CPI (Committee on Public Information) was an agency run by the government. It was created during World War 1 to sway the public's opinion on things related to the war.
"McNamara, Robert. "Committee on Public Information, America's WWI Propaganda
     Agency Government Office Worked to Sell Americans on Need to Fight World
     War." ThoughtCo, 23 July 2019, www.thoughtco.com/ 
     committee-on-public-information-4691743. Accessed 1 Dec. 2020. "

]]> 2020-12-01 20:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/977583156 The Espionage Act proctornc https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/977595577 The Espionage Act was intended to stop the spread of anything related to the national defence if you were going to use it to harm the government.
"Asp, David. "Espionage Act of 1917 (1917)." The First Amendment Encyclopedia, 
     May 2019, www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1045/espionage-act-of-1917. 
     Accessed 1 Dec. 2020. "

]]> 2020-12-01 20:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/977595577 The Sedition Act proctornc https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/977606451 The Sedition Act made it illegal to spread information that may cause the general public to not want to go to war.
""U.S. Congress passes Sedition Act." HISTORY, A&E Television Networks, 5 Nov. 
     2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-sedition-act. 
     Accessed 1 Dec. 2020. "]]> 2020-12-01 20:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/977606451 Schenck v. United States proctornc https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/977625843 Where a man named Charles Schenck was charged the Espionage Act because he allegedly harmed the progress of enlisting people. "---. "Schenck v. United States (1919)." The First Amendment Encyclopedia, 
     mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/193/schenck-v-united-states. Accessed 3 
     Dec. 2020. "]]> 2020-12-01 20:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/977625843 How propaganda played a role in America's opinion of WW1 proctornc https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985572153 Propaganda played a big role in shaping the American opinion of the war. They would sell fake news to make it seem like germany is bad and to try and stir up emotions to make them. "Cook, Jia-Rui. "The Posters That Sold World War I to the American Public."
     Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2014, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ 
     posters-sold-world-war-i-american-public-180952179/. Accessed 3 Dec. 2020. "]]> 2020-12-03 20:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985572153 Propaganda Poster 1 proctornc https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985588242
  • This poster shows how if you are hungry you will go crazy. It is trying to get you to make a victory garden
    "Grebs, Emil. Propaganda. 1918. Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2014, 
         www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ 
         posters-sold-world-war-i-american-public-180952179/. Accessed 3 Dec. 2020."

    • ]]>     2020-12-03 20:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985588242     Propaganda Poster 2 proctornc https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985597406 This poster shows someone defending from war and other bad things with a shield that says liberty bonds. It is trying to get you to buy liberty bonds.
    "McCay, Winsor. If You Cant Enlist - Invest / Buy a Liberty Bond. 1918.
         Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2014, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ 
         posters-sold-world-war-i-american-public-180952179/. Accessed 3 Dec. 2020. "]]>     2020-12-03 20:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985597406     Propaganda Poster 3 proctornc https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985608989 Its a poster that tries to convince you to join the U.S. Army.
    "Flagg, James Montgomery. "I Want You for U.S, Army." 1917. Smithsonian Magazine, 
         28 July 2014, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ 
         posters-sold-world-war-i-american-public-180952179/. Accessed 3 Dec. 2020. "]]>     2020-12-03 20:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985608989     Anti-German Hysteria proctornc https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985617348 There were a lot of Anti-German mentalities in America during WW1, it was when all forms of german things including food, language and german culture was hated. "Little, Becky. "When German Immigrants Were America's Undesirables." History, 11 
         May 2018, www.history.com/news/ 
         anti-german-sentiment-wwi#:~:text=But%20when%20the%20U.S.%20entered,%E2%80%9Canti 
         %2DGerman%20hysteria.%E2%80%9D&text=All%20of%20this%20anti%2DGerman,removed%20Ger 
         man%20books%20from%20libraries. Accessed 3 Dec. 2020. "]]>     2020-12-03 20:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985617348     Four Minute Men proctornc https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985625158 Four minute men were people that would spend four minutes talking about the war and keeping people wanting to stay in it by talking about propaganda. "Richardson, Thomas. "Four Minute Men, and the U.S. Committee on Public
         Information." World War 1 Centennial, www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/ 
         communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/ 
         3897-four-minute-men-and-the-u-s-committee-on-public-information.html. 
         Accessed 3 Dec. 2020. "]]>     2020-12-03 20:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/proctornc/kyi08zsa1x081vir/wish/985625158