The Press Release Was Created

question 57

Multiple Choice

The press release was created

• A) during the administration of James Monroe in the 1810s.
• B) in the early twentieth century by a public relations firm working for a railroad.
• C) by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.
• D) by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

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