Read the excerpt from a document called the Seattle Resolution.
Wherefore, the citizens of Seattle, in mass meeting assembled, resolve: That we pledge anew our loyalty and devotion to the government of the United States . . . and that we, individually and collectively, stand ready to make every sacrifice that may be required to insure the triumph of the great principles of justice, liberty and right, and of permanent peace among the nations.
–Seattle Resolution,
April 8, 1917
What was the purpose of this document?
to show opposition to the total war effort
to show support for the total war effort
to help mobilize troops during the war
to discourage rationing during the war