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World War I
World War I was the first war to use propaganda on a large scale. It played an enormous roll in keeping people informed on the war. The government used propaganda to encourage citizens to support the war effort by promoting war bonds and stamps to help grow the economy. The U.S. government was trying to reduce waste by encouraging citizens to grow their own vegetables in "victory gardens". By doing this the government was able to keep the prices of guns, gunpowder, cannons, steel, and anything else used for the war low. Propaganda played a role in altering people’s opinions of the war. At the start of the war people were very supportive. The government had "glorified" it with the use of propaganda. It was not only used to generate support for the country. It was also used to weaken support for the enemy. One type of propaganda was Atrocity propaganda. This is where one country advertises the crimes committed by the opposing country. Some people have reported seeing a mutilated baby. However, there was public skepticism that grew due to the heavy handed tactics of the Committee on Public Information. This would eventually lead to the government abandoning the use of propaganda. The government also controlled what the public thought about the other countries involved in the war by using propaganda that degraded them and targeted the other countries governments. The U.S. was able to use propaganda so well because movie making, and commercial advertising had started to become very popular around the time of the war. This new profession changed the way people viewed war entirely.