The Role Of The Government's Contribution In World War I

After America entered the war, President Woodrow Wilson recruited George Creel to head the CPI, a government agency established to spread pro-war propaganda to the country.

When a nation enters a war, there are certain economic implications. It is assumed that the economy will boom because of the mass production needed to supply an entire army, but there are other ignored adverse consequences to conflict. This common belief is true, for a time, but the post war complications often lead to recession or even depression due to inflation or governmental interference or influence. This occurred after World War I, when, before the war, the economy was stable and suffered only after. The Great Depression was caused by World War I ideology extending into economics, and the reinstating of the gold standard around the world. These are both examples of government influence on capitalism. The Korean War caused inflation,

Interventionism, the belief that the United States should involve itself in foreign affairs, and isolationism, the belief that the United States should avert from any foreign affairs were two ideas that bopped heads during the first World War when it came to the United States’ position in foreign affairs. Interventionism was highly driven off of the thirst for profit and power. This hunger completely brainwashed people of all other thoughts, triggering them to steal innocent lives recklessly and mercilessly. However, isolationism protected American interests during the early 1900’s as it kept us out of war and affairs which ultimately resulted in American debt, lives, and peace being spared from the terrors of war as exhibited in George Washington’s Farewell Address, Ambassador James Bryce’s British Report on German Atrocities, and Robert La Follette’s A Progressive Opposes the Declaration of War.

"Propaganda was a huge tool used to sway citizens toward a particular political view. "The U.S.A. entered World War One in April 1917, but lost no time in producing many more propaganda posters than any other single nation. These encompassed recruitment to the various armed services, plus - frequently - the raising of war finance via

Through his employment of propaganda, President Wilson was able to: 1. Convince the American people to join the ranks, 2. Persuade Americans into accepting rations for food, 3. Involve women in the war effort, and 4. Sway Americans into buying government bonds (liberty bonds) to fund the war. We will discuss four main propaganda posters, which depict these four main themes of President Wilson’s push for war. In the end, President Wilson’s use of propaganda was ironically able to change the popular American opinion and convince them to support World War I.

No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence .” President Woodrow Wilson could not maintain neutrality after a series of events that threatened the interests of the US. Wilson knew that he would not have the support of a diverse American public upon entering the war, so he came up with a plan. He designed the Committee on Public Information to advertise pro-war propaganda. He needed to convince the people that an involvement in the war was needed “to make the world safe for democracy .” Propaganda was heavily used to mobilize the public opinion of a united war effort, and it was also an attempt on homogenizing a pluralistic nation. The positive effects of this use were it unified a heterogeneous society, and it was able to get the Americans to invest their time and effort on the war. The negative effects of this were it caused hatred to those who were of the enemies’ ancestry, and false advertising lead to a loss of many innocent lives.

"He Kept us Out of War" (World War I Quotes). This quote was a democratic slogan stated during the election of 1916 on behalf of President Woodrow Wilson. This slogan makes an attempt to refer to the good leadership qualities and decisions that President Wilson made to keep the United States of America out of the war and that is why he should be elected again to serve as President. Though this made a valid argument to show that Wilson was smart to keep us out of war, many events took place that continued to anger the U.S. which eventually made them declare war on Germany on April 6th, 1917 (World War I). In doing this, they broke their policy of non intervention. The United States held out of the Great War for so long because of

            During the war the armed forces grew to over four million officers and men (Holcombe par. 9). Materials to support an army of this size to include training, housing, transportation, food, clothing and medical concerns were considerable. More importantly the army and navy needed modern arms and tons of ammunition. Consequently, taxes increased as federal revenue requirements rose by nearly 400 percent between fiscal 1917 and fiscal 1919 (Holcombe par. 10). When America declared war on April 6, 1917, the war departments sent President Wilson a message that they would need the full support of the public to succeed in the war effort.  America was staring into the face of total war. Mobilizing a disparate population and acquiring the necessary capital to equip the military needed a communications campaign on an unprecedented scale.  One memo submitted by the secretaries of state stated, “America’s great present needs are confidence, enthusiasm, and service and these needs will not be met unless every citizen is given the feeling of partnership …” (Murphy 17). President Wilson responded rapidly to these reports, and within one week of declaring war the Committee on Public Information (CPI) was created. From the very start Wilson did not

Following the United States’ entry into World War II and with national governments battling for the hearts and minds of the people, propaganda became an industry of war just as “important as producing bullets and planes.” In the words of Archibald MacLeish, assistant director of the Office of War Information and librarian of Congress, “The principal battleground of the war is not the South Pacific. It is not the Middle East. It is not England, or Norway, or the Russian Steppes. It is American opinion.” Thus, propaganda was the most effective resource in securing the American victory in World War II, as it caused an increase in

Woodrow Wilson won the election and made a promise to the public not to get involved in the Western Hemisphere. The economic interests, German submarine warfare, and other events gradually pushed the U.S into the world war I. In 1971, the united states declared war on Germany. To enter the war the United States acquired unity of the nation, more army force, and financial support from its people. The U.S needed to accomplish these three needs before going into the war to come out as a winner. Therefore, The committee of Public Information was created to get the support the war needed from the people of the United States.

President Wilson had no choice but to enter World War I to protect the American people and our way of life. Sometimes it is necessary to stay neutral and to not engage. Other times it is our duty to engage the enemy to protect our families, our freedom, and our way of life. President Wilson did all he could to remain diplomatic and finding a solution other than going to war with Germany and its allies. In the end he made the right choice to fight for this nation and the other nations Germany was trying to tear apart.

Even though there was major support for Australia’s involvement in the war, it was not wide sprea. To be precise, the issue of conseption created a great debate in the Australian public. Australian troops fighting overseas registered voluntary and at first there was excessive enthusiasm for enlistment. Nevertheless the massive death toll and span of war meant that by 1916 the number of volunteers was not enough to meet the required number of the british millitary command. William Morris Hughes the Australian Prime Minister, was committed to supplying the AIF and the British Government with as many reinforcements as possible. He chose to put a poll to the Australian people. The poll suggested that men undertaking compulsory military training

World War I's Responsibility for the Collapse of the Provisional Government in 1917 The Provisional Government assumed control of Russia following the abdication of the Tsar Nicholas II. It only had a brief period in power lasting about seven months. Historians have disputed the main cause for its failure, Marxist historians, such as John Reed, have rewarded it to the Bolshevik's effective propaganda machine, whilst more revisionist historians, such as Christopher Read, take a more encompassing position on the issue. They lay blame at a range of factors such as the First World War and the dual authority in relation to the Petrograd Soviet.

While Europe was being attacked from almost every side, America was keeping its head buried in the sands of isolationism. After World War I, America was a little less than enthusiastic about getting involved in any foreign affairs, therefore isolationism seemed like the best possible policy to follow. Despite this policy, people will pick sides. Due to the alliance America had in the last World War, the sympathies of most Americans were with the besieged Allies. Although, this favoritism America showed was clear Americas still wanted no part in the war.

The “Balance of Power” was one of the most frequently used words in the international relation; it was the one that relates itself to peace. In another word, if the power becomes unbalanced or destabilized, war will become as unavoidable. However, what exactly is the definition of “balance of power?” According to Dictionary.com, it is “a distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others” ("The Definition of Balance of Power"). So, it can be treated as a policy, one that has a great impact on the power distribution among countries. As such, each country would take their own actions to protect itself from attacks or from being in a disadvantaged situation by maintaining the power equilibrium. To illustrate the importance of “balanced power,” one could recall one of the well-known destructive war-- the First World War, also known as the World War I, has an impartible relation with this “Balance of Power.” World War One, as we know, began in 1914 to 1918 and made its name by the serious consequences it brought. The consequences of World War One had also lead to the World War Two and the cold war. For the major powers involved in this world war, which are —Germany, Great Britain, France, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. This war started locally in Europe between two countries, but soon things got complicated, and it started to come down to a war that the whole world was involved in. From the