Propaganda

1. Propaganda, in my words, is advertisement that uses specific elements to persuade audiences into doing whatever they say.

2. Link the particular doctrines or principles propagated by an organization or movement.

3. Link In the first image, the colors are very dull and almost sad. The artwork is in a sort of style that seems to suggest gothic tragedy. The font used is very bold and "in your face".
 
With the second poster, there is no color except for the cross in the background. The poster seems to suggest religious imagery.

The third poster draws attention to the dead soldier in the middle, and the red text at the bottom making the audience feel guilty about not buying liberty bonds. It also emphasizes the harshness of battle with the art style.

4. The artist of the first poster is very clearly to get people to buy government bonds, but they are specifically intending to make the audience feel bad for mothers and children.

The second poster is also presented with a clear intent: to guilt people into giving up "every cent they have" to the government for the war. They also have a target audience: religious people and women.

The third poster has a clear target audience of men, and they also use the guilt tactic to make people feel like they need to give money to the government.

5. The target audience of the first poster is people who have a heart for mothers and children, as well as people who are mothers or who has children.

The second poster seems to target religious people and women.

The third poster is very clearly targeting men, as the dead male soldier is supposed to trigger males into feeling sympathy for him.

6. I feel that taxpayers' money should not be used, mainly because it is not my duty as an American to be convinced of something, therefore I should not have to pay for it.

7. I think that the federal government felt the need to invest in propaganda at the time because they felt that there was a significant amount of convincing to be done. Most of the country was divided by the morality of the situation.