2. Propaganda- Ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread to help a cause, political leader, or government, etc.
3. Propaganda Images
Image 1: There is a man that appears to be standing in front of a window with a flag outside. At the top of the image is the word "ENLIST". Under the flag there is a group of soldiers marching and in army uniform. At the bottom of the image it asks "Which side of the window are you?". The background of the window is yellow which is the first thing you look to first. This is because there is is a large contrast between the blue and the yellow. After looking out the window the next thing your eye is drawn to is the text in the image. The one that stands out the most is the word "ENLIST". This is meant to convince any young boy at first sight to enlist in the army to fight for World War I.
Image 2: In this image the most prominent thing to notice is the dominant color green. There is a man who appears to be working with some type of tool. There is not a lot in this image because the point is basically said in the title "Rivets and Bayonets Drive Them Home". This image is supposed to influence the general population to wither join the army or to work in factories to help the US in the war.
Image 3: In this image the basket with yarn in it is the first thing most people see. The next thing the eye catches is the "American Red Cross". This image is fairly simple for people to understand it is the American Red Cross asking civilians to help soldiers in the war by doing something simple and knitting socks. Although the word socks is spelled "sox" I'm pretty sure this has to do with a scandal during this period of time.
7. The US government can use some money to create propaganda cause some people do not keep up to date with current events, but there needs to be a point where no more money can be used anymore. It's ok if the money is used to inform the general population or specific groups that the government needs but they should not continuously be using tax dollars to keep generating propaganda for as along as the war lasts.
8. During WWI I think the US got itself into more than what it was taking for and by the time we were in the war there was no turning back. In a way it was good that we stepped in but also bad. We need a lot of soldiers and general people to help supply the ones in the fields. Also there was a high demand for nurses because soldiers were fall down left and right the medic camps were swamped. Propaganda during WWI was more advertising in my view than trying to persuade others for a specific cause. Anyone who got involved in the war either at home or in the field basically took on a new job. All of the propaganda served more as a "job advertisement" than anything else.
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