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The Changing Nature of Warfare, 1859–1991: Perception and Reality

The impact of propaganda and news control

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Recall questions on the New York draft riot, anti-German feeling in America, the Committee on Public Information, Nazi news control, and the contrast between Vietnam and the Gulf.

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How did hostility to conscription show in the American Civil War?

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How was anti-German feeling expressed in America in 1917-18?

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What was the Committee on Public Information?

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  1. 1

    What form did anti-German sentiment take in the USA, 1917–18?

    Model answer

    Wartime hysteria attacked German culture and language (renaming, for example, sauerkraut as 'liberty cabbage'), reinforced by official propaganda from the Committee on Public Information.

  2. 2

    How did hostility to conscription show in the American Civil War?

    Model answer

    The 1863 draft provoked resistance, notably the New York draft riots, partly because a commutation fee let the rich avoid service.

  3. 3

    What was the New York draft riot of 1863?

    Model answer

    Four days of rioting against conscription and the commutation fee, in which Irish workers attacked black New Yorkers and over a hundred died.

  4. 4

    Why was Union conscription resented?

    Model answer

    A man could avoid service by paying $300 or providing a substitute, so it was seen as a rich man's war and a poor man's fight.

  5. 5

    How was anti-German feeling expressed in America in 1917-18?

    Model answer

    German-language teaching was banned in many states, sauerkraut was renamed liberty cabbage, and German Americans faced intimidation and one lynching.

  6. 6

    What was the Committee on Public Information?

    Model answer

    The American propaganda agency of 1917-18 under George Creel, which produced posters, films and 75,000 Four Minute Men speakers to build support for the war.

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