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What was created by our government to mobilize public opinion about the war?

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The Committee on Public Information (CPI) was created by President Woodrow Wilson in April 1917 through Executive Order 2594 in response to the U.S. entry into World War I in an attempt to mobilize public opinion behind the war effort with every available form of mass communication

The CPI produced articles, posters, pamphlets, movies, speeches and rallies that promoted the Allied cause and painted the Central Powers (especially Germany) as enemies of democracy and civilization

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