Assess the Way in Which the Committee on Public Information

question 61

Multiple Choice

Assess the way in which the Committee on Public Information presented its message to encourage Americans to remain loyal and support the war effort?

• A) The Creel Committee often relied on veiled threats.
• B) The CPI frequently invoked the alien and sedition acts.
• C) The CPI rhetoric commonly tried to pit immigrants against native-born Americans.
• D) The CPI packaged its appeals in the language of social cooperation and an expanded democracy.
• E) The Creel Committee combined its patriotic appeals with advertisements on special bargains for household goods.

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