Question

Which tactic did George Creel, the head of the Committee on Public Information, use to gain the support of US citizens for the war?

A) He promised job opportunities in the US military for African Americans from southern states.

B) He promoted anti-German and pro-war propaganda through posters, movies, and booklets.

C) He used slogans such as "Food will win the war" to conserve food for war efforts.

D) He urged congress to pass the Selective Service Act to compel all able US citizens to enlist for draft.

Answer 1

appointed George Creel, a young Denver journalist, to head it. Creel recruited more than 75,000 "four-minute men" who delivered short, peppy patriotic speeches within the country and overseas. Creel also launched a massive pro-war propaganda campaign, printing millions of booklets, encouraging people to sing patriotic songs, and distributing films that depicted the German leader as a villain and US troops as heroes. Creel also promoted the censorship of newspapers and asked publishers to print only articles that supported the war

B/ He promoted anti-German and pro-war propaganda through posters, movies, and booklets.

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Answer 2

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "D) He urged congress to pass the Selective Service Act to compel all able US citizens to enlist for draft." This is the tactic that George Creel, the head of the Committee on Public Information, use to gain the support of US citizens for the war