Nationalism and Propaganda: Mobilizing the Home Front

Major Questions  How does the media influence people? What types of media can be used for propaganda? Which forms are most effective? ○ Is propaganda used today? ○ Does the media influence your decisions?

M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI  Militarism New technologies lead to a worldwide arms race  Alliances Europe is entangled in mutual defense alliances  Imperialism European countries fiercely competed for new territories in Africa and Asia  Nationalism Beliefs in national superiority drive entrance into war Map showing alliances in Europe before the war. Located at: hq/causes2_01.shtml Does the war seem inevitable? Could war have been avoided?

Brief Overview of the War The Great War in 5 minutes

The U.S. at the Outbreak of War  Isolationism and Nonintervention Contemporary U.S. foreign policy held that the U.S. should stay out of European affairs Public opinion supported this position U.S. officially declared neutrality after outbreak of war in August Was the U.S. right to stay out of the war? How are American and European interests linked?

Steps Toward U.S. Involvement  Unrestricted submarine warfare Sinking of the Lusitania  Limitations of Non-intervention Zimmerman Telegram

Propaganda on the Home Front  What is propaganda? Noun- information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. – dictionary.reference.com/browse/propaganda What types of media can be used for propaganda? Which type do you think is most effective? Why?

Propaganda on the Home Front  What is the main purpose behind posters like this? What do they appeal to?

Propaganda on the Home Front  What about these posters? Would these posters have worked on you?

Role of Propaganda  Does propaganda exist today? Is propaganda always negative? Are you influenced by what you see and hear?  How does the media influence people?

Picture citations  Slide 1: “Who is absent?” com/2010/05/collection-of-world-war- propaganda.html. “German soldiers behind money” posters-from-the-20th-century-129.aspx “Save Food” pictures/Propaganda/p Propaganda%20Posters%20-%20World%20War%20I.html “Soldiers in No Man’s Land”  Slide 4:  Slide 5:  Slide 6:  Slide 7: content/images/uncle_sam.jpg&img_title=Uncle%20Sam%20I%20WANT%20YOU%20poster  Slide 8 (far right):  Slide 9: “Boys and Girls” “Lady Liberty”