Creel Manipulates Minds
18. The Committee on Public Information was led by George Creel, and its job was to sell America on the war and sell the world on Wilsonian war aims- employed some 150,000 people.
[ In this movie Sonora is motivated to pursue her dreams from an Atlantic City flyer, much like the Americans were motivated to support the war from the media]
19. "Information" and Inspiration about the war came in the form of posters, leaflets, and pamphlets, Hang- the kaiser movies, songs.
20. To say that Creel was too good at this job and actually "over sold" the war meant that he oversold the ideals of Wilson and lead the world to expect too much.
Enforcing Loyalty and Stifling Dissent
21. Fear of Germans and antiwar Americans was reflected by the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition act of 1918. Under these laws anitwar Socialists and members of the radical Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) tended to be prosecuted.
22. Under these laws virtually any criticism of the government could be censored and punished.
[ The Incredible family was persecuted under the laws that forced them to go into hiding as superhero's and become "normal" people. They too had to be extremely careful with what they said and did to not be "punished".]
23. Schenck vs. US (1919)
- Supreme Court affirmed their legality, arguing that freedom of speech could be revoked when such speech posed a "clear and present danger" to the nation.
24. After things had cooled off presidential pardons were rather freely granted to people convicted under these policies- however, a few victims lingered behind bars into the 1930's.
Take it away Micheal...
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