Propaganda was a tool used by Germany and the allies to influence the U.S. Weather the Propaganda was used to keep the U.S. out of the war or to try and draw the them into the war made no real difference. Dr. Albert's briefcase affair and the German execution of Nurse Edith Cavell show the extent of Propaganda in the U.S. and other atrocities of war carried out by either side. Daniel Smith recognized the importance of these Propaganda stories and the heterogeneous culture of the U.S. underestimated the actual impact on public sentiment.

The U.S. "the great melting pot" had an enormous immigrant population, to underestimate the effect of Propaganda on a population that had close personal ties to their home land, and their ability to influence the actions of government in a democratic republic is a mistake. Pr

The Germans found this to be unacceptable for submarine warfare, it did not allow for the passage of passengers and it put the submarine at risk when it surfaced to inspect ships. What the issue of trade boiled down to was that the U.S. was furnishing guns, food, clothing and other materials of war to the allies and wanted this right to trade unobstructed. The U.S. was in all doing everything it could to ensure an allied victory without actually fighting a war. Daniel Smith illustrated the economic involvement in the conflict and the ever-struggling fight not to get involved in the actual politics of the war.

Trade is another important issue that the U.S. faced in its postwar period. The U.S. economy was booming from the war trade. While the U.S. government at first did not actively trade in war materials, many American companies did. The Wilson administration sought to actively protect American companies' interests. Trade and the freedom of the seas were a complex issue of the Wilson administration. The submarine warfare of the Germans threatened American shipping and the blacklisting of American companies by the British were complex issues that tested the foreign relation skills of President Wilson. The U.S. was looking at both of these problems with views that were outdated. As the old laws of war stated that a neutral nation, in this case the U.S., could trade with belligerent nations and had the freedom t

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