On July 28, 1914, World War I officially began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. In Europe and beyond, country after country was drawn into the war by a web of alliances. It took three years, but on April 2, 1917, the U.S. entered the fray when Congress declared war on Germany. To read the entire article, please visit this website:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/posters-sold-world-war-i-american-public-180952179/?no-ist

Questions:

1. In looking at the top of the website, it gives a scrolling list of examples of propaganda posters that were used. Which one do you feel is most effective and why?

2. Why did "posters sell the war" according to David H. Mihaly?

3. Critical Thinking - why do you think that only posters were used in 1917?