Propaganda+and+World+War+I


 * Propaganda and WWI**

During WWI Government the use of propaganda became a popular way of drawing the attention of masses towards the war. Propaganda relied on symbols and picture to get it meaning across. The Goverment would use posters to infleunce the recruitment of men to join the Navy,Army,and etc.It would also try to sway the publics opinion to get in an involvment into the war to justify for its means of getting involved in the war. It would try to persuade the public into showing who the enemy really was. In April 1917 the U.S began to produce may posters with the famous Uncle Sam on the poster. To recruit young men to enlist in the army for their own birth-land men saw this as a way to repay back their beautiful country. Back on U.S soil Wife's and children had to do their own part too by growing there on little backyard crops. In order to save food for the soldiers in europe. Government encouraged the consuming of wheat so that they could send loafs of bread to the front in order to feed the soldiers

Bibliography http://www.fidnet.com/~weid/ww1.html#propaganda www.firstworldwar.com/posters/usa.htm