George Creel

(noun)

George Creel (December 1, 1876 – October 2, 1953) was an investigative journalist, politician, and, most famously, the chairman of the U.S. Committee on Public Information, a propaganda organization created during World War I.

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Examples of George Creel in the following topics:

  • War Propaganda

    • War propaganda campaigns by the Creel Committee and Hollywood influenced American views on World War I.
    • Tasked with creating a prolonged propaganda campaign, the group that became known as The Creel Committee consisted of politician and journalist George Creel, the committee chairman; Robert Lansing, Secretary of State; Newton D.
    • The Creel Committee became so unpopular that Congress ceased its activities without even providing funding to organize and archive its papers.
    • The Creel Committee used all forms of media, such as this poster, to spread the US message during World War I.

  • The Muckrakers

    • Ray Stannard Baker, George Creel and Brand Whitlock were active at the state and local level, while Lincoln Steffens exposed political corruption in many large cities; Ida Tarbell went after Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company.
    • Hendrick, George Kennan (explorer), John Moody (financial analyst), Henry Reuterdahl, George Kibbe Turner, and Judson C.
    • Welliver), The Independent (George Walbridge Perkins, Sr.), Outlook (William Hard), Pearson's Magazine (Alfred Henry Lewis, Charles Edward Russell), Twentieth Century (George French), and World's Work (C.M.

  • Elements of Reform

    • Ray Stannard Baker, George Creel and Brand Whitlock were active at the state and local level, while Lincoln Steffens exposed political corruption in many large cities; Ida Tarbell went after Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company.

  • The Election of 1988

    • The 1988 United States presidential election was defined by the victory of Republican George H.W.
    • Reagan's Vice President George H.
    • The result was a third consecutive Republican landslide victory and George H.
    • Bush's victory percentage – 53.4% — has not yet been surpassed in any subsequent presidential election, and he was the last candidate to get a majority of the popular vote until his son George W.
    • Official portrait of George H.

  • Pursuing Both War and Peace

    • In 1775, the Colonies proposed the Olive Branch Petition to reconcile with Britain and avert war, but King George III denied the petition.
    • In August 1775, upon learning of the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George III issued a Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition.
    • On October 26, 1775, King George III expanded on the Proclamation of Rebellion in his Speech from the Throne at the opening of Parliament.
    • King George indicated that he intended to deal with the crisis with armed force.
    • The Proclamation of Rebellion was King George III's response to the Olive Branch Petition.

  • The George W. Bush Administration

    • George W.
    • The presidency of George W.
    • The oldest son of former president George H.
    • Bush, George W.
    • President George W.

  • The American Military Forces

    • The Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army in June 1775 and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief.
    • On June 15, 1775, George Washington was elected as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
    • George Washington served as commander-in-chief for the duration of the Revolutionary War without compensation.

  • The Social Problem

    • Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth was written by Henry George in 1879 and is a treatise on the cyclical nature of an industrial economy and its remedies.
    • In Progress and Poverty, George examines various proposed strategies to prevent business depressions, unemployment, and poverty, but finds them unsatisfactory.
    • George argued that a land value tax would give landowners an incentive to use the land in a productive way, thereby employing labor and creating wealth, or to sell the land to those who could and would themselves use the land in a productive way.
    • Henry George proposed a "single tax" that would be leveled on the rich and poor alike, with the excess money collected used to equalize wealth and level out society.
    • The works of authors such as George and Bellamy became popular, and soon clubs were created across America to discuss their ideas, although these organizations rarely made any real social change.

  • The Recession

    • Under George H.
    • While the election campaign of George H.

  • Calls for a Stronger Constitution

    • On March 25–28, 1785, delegates from Virginia and Maryland met at George Washington's estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia.
    • Thomas Jenifer, and Thomas Stone of Maryland; and Alexander Henderson and George Mason of Virginia.
    • While serving as George Washington's top aide, Alexander Hamilton also realized that a strong central government was necessary for avoiding foreign intervention and alleviating the frustrations caused by an ineffectual Congress.