America In WW1 Padlet Project by Mary Martin https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0 Public Opinion en-us 2020-11-27 20:33:15 UTC 2025-11-13 17:11:35 UTC hello@padlet.com The CPI(Committee on Public Information. martinme6 https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/966328092 The CPI was created by WoodRow Wilson during WW1. It was lead by George Creel and its goal was to get Americans to want war.

https://www.history.com/news/world-war-1-propaganda-woodrow-wilson-fake-news


]]> 2020-11-27 20:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/966328092 Espionage Act martinme6 https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/966338746 The Espionage Act was passed on June 15, 1917. It was carried out by A. Mitchell Palmer. The act made delivering information that stood in the way of U.S. armed forces efforts illegal. If someone was caught they would have to pay 10,000 dollars and go to jail for 20 years.



]]> 2020-11-27 20:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/966338746 Sedition Act martinme6 https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969157390 The Sedition Act was passed on May 16, 1918. It's goal was to protect America's Participation in the war. It forced severe consequences on people found guilty of insulting U.S government or U.S related things. They got they got the same punishment that The Espionage Act had.

 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-sedition-act








]]> 2020-11-29 18:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969157390 Schenck V. United States martinme6 https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969177545 Was a legal case ruled on March 3, 1919. Charles T. Schenck made 15,000 leaflets that said men should not do the military service. He was arrested in violation of the Espionage Act. He was convicted of the crime.





]]> 2020-11-29 19:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969177545 How did Propaganda play a role in shaping America's Opinion of the war. martinme6 https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969190045 Propagandas role was to get people more invested in the war and get them to want to win. The main person of propaganda George Creel said he aimed to "weld the people of the United States into one white-hot mass instinct" and give them a "war-will, the will to win."

https://www.history.com/news/world-war-1-propaganda-woodrow-wilson-fake-news


]]> 2020-11-29 19:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969190045 Propaganda Poster #1 martinme6 https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969203620 This posters message is that you should help fight in the war, and if you don't you will die because we will not win if people don't help fight.
 https://allthatsinteresting.com/world-war-1-propaganda-posters#28


]]> 2020-11-29 19:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969203620 Propaganda Poster #2 martinme6 https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969208462 This posters message is that if you help save save food than you will be helping win the war.

 https://allthatsinteresting.com/world-war-1-propaganda-posters#21]]> 2020-11-29 19:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969208462 Propaganda Poster #3 martinme6 https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969216092 This posters message is that women should help be nurses in the war because they need them.


]]> 2020-11-29 19:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969216092 Anti-German Hysteria martinme6 https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969220676 Anti-German Hysteria was when Americans feared that German Americans were still loyal to Kaiser. So German Americans were looked at as a threat. Americans wanted to get rid everything German, like German language schools and German books. German Americans would change their names to sound more English like and would not speak German in public.



]]> 2020-11-29 19:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969220676 The Four Minute Men martinme6 https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969234599 It was a program developed by George Creel where public speakers gave 4 minute speeches on social topics. It was another tactic to show only the positive parts of Americans home font.
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/3897-four-minute-men-and-the-u-s-committee-on-public-information.html]]> 2020-11-29 19:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/martinme6/nwfnln8loq3n2nv0/wish/969234599