Committee on Public Information

The author’s purpose in this chapter is to argue that “Creel’s Committee on Public Information would be the largest, most ambitious propaganda program any nation had ever developed to that time.” One key piece of evidence that the author uses to support his case is referencing how the Espionage and Sedition acts helped to encourage people towards voluntary censorship that the Committee stressed. Chapter 5 is entitled, “Conjuring the Committee.” The main subject of this chapter is over the steps that Creel went through in order to convince the press to join the voluntary censorship. The author’s purpose in this chapter is to argue that the letter written to the press explaining the definition of voluntary censorship was “the opening act, the debut feat, of Creel the conjurer.” One key piece of evidence that the author uses to support his case is a letter Creel wrote to the press which explains voluntary censorship in great detail and…

involved in World War I used propaganda for the same reason that today’s society uses photo editors such as Photoshop: to cover flaws and make something seem more desirable than it actually is. Similar to photo editing software today which distort an image to make it more appealing to the eye, propagandists covered the cold reality of World War I by only releasing information about the war that was pleasing and beneficial, while covering up the negative facts, such as the extreme risk of dying…

“To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is barbarity ,” is a quote by Robespierre during his time in power within the Committee of General Security. Robespierre believed it was upon the population to act on the means of attainment of reign of the constitutional laws. His speech explores the influence of society upon the fundamental principle of the democratic or popular government. The failure by the population was not seen favourable by Robespierre and resulted in the…

was a member of the Jacobins club which was represented by the Republicans. He would call himself the incorruptible. He thought that he could not be corrupted by anything. However, as we saw in the movie, he became corrupted by the power which he held. The other one, Georges Jacques D’Anton, was the man of the people. D’Anton was a powerful figure because was educated. He was a lawyer with a great set of skills to get his point across. His big voice and ability to speak to the public made him…

safety was through being peaceful. Eventually, there was no way to guarantee anyone’s safety. In June of 1794, the government denied legal counsel to “enemies of the revolution”. This caused the number of government-sanctioned executions to drastically increase (Doc B). According to Steven Otfinoski, the author of Triumph and Terror: The French Revolution, the Tribunal, or the revolutionary court of justice, was established in 1793 to “try all crimes against the state”. The members of the…

other counterrevolutionaries what they were going to do to defend the pro revolutionaries and the new government. That’s the reason why Maximilian Robespierre decided to start the terror so they could protect the new government. The revolutionaries simply protected themselves and the new government. The revolutionaries didn’t just kill them for fun. The only people they killed was the counterrevolutionaries. That’s why when you look at document c the revolutionaries made an example of the…

the areas of resistance, the idea of strict punishments combined with terror was required to contain the chaos. Thus, when considering the benefit of the country as a whole, taking such measures was not ridiculously harsh. During the Revolution, the swift methods of response that had to be made were not too severe. As control over the disorderly country began to slip, the Revolutionary Tribunal was established in March 1793. This was a “court of justice” who tried anyone suspected of opposing…

Our story takes place in France around 1780 during the French Revolution. At the time the french society was divided into three different social classes called estates. At the top was the king and below him was the first estate that consisted of the clergy and priests. Below them was the second estate and this is where the nobles stood. Lastly at the bottom was the third estate and this was made up of the majority of the population and they were known as commoners. Life wasn’t easy at the time…

He had enough power to execute anyone to the guillotine that outspoken him or were against his theories taking into consideration that through his high position was capable of acting on his ideals and did this by enacting the Reign of Terror. When he spoke of his ideals against the Revolution towards the public, they were captivated by his passion and thus, Robespierre was a representation of all the voices that had been silenced. It is estimated that around 25,000 deaths occurred due to the…

as a response to the conflict between the Girondins and The Mountains. During this time, the Committee of Public Safety executed thousands of internal “enemies of the revolution” (“Report in the Name,” 47). Although many argue otherwise, The Terror was not a perversion of the original ideals of the revolution because the ideals of the revolution were to gain more equality for the people of France, and the punishments that occurred were necessary and the cultural changes, in fact, benefited the…