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  2. History of advertising - Wikipedia

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    Hoover himself delivered an address to the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World in 1925 called 'Advertising Is a Vital Force in Our National Life." [46] In October 1929, the head of the U.S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Julius Klein, stated "Advertising is the key to world prosperity."

  3. Campaigns of the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The Civil War campaign streamers are equally divided with blue and gray. Units that received campaign credit as a Confederate unit (only applicable to some current Army National Guard units from Southern states) use the same ribbon with the colors reversed. Blue refers to Federal service and gray to Confederate. Joined they represent the ...

  4. History of propaganda - Wikipedia

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    British propaganda during World War I — called "an impressive exercise in improvisation" — was hastily expanded at the beginning of the war and was rapidly brought under government control as the War Propaganda Bureau (Wellington House), under the overall leadership of journalist Charles Masterman. The Bureau began its propaganda campaign ...

  5. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Losses were far higher than during the war with Mexico, which saw roughly 13,000 American deaths, including fewer than two thousand killed in battle, between 1846 and 1848. One reason for the high number of battle deaths in the civil war was the continued use of tactics similar to those of the Napoleonic Wars, such as charging.

  6. Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War

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    Kansas now has two constitutions, one pro- and one anti-slavery, and two different governments in two different cities, each claiming to be the legitimate government of Kansas. [ 185 ] July 18: Jane Johnson , a slave belonging to US Minister to Nicaragua John Hill Wheeler , is rescued by abolitionists William Still and Passmore Williamson .

  7. Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco - Wikipedia

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    One of the company’s first huge campaigns was the implementation of ads depicting the bull in magazines, trade journals, periodicals, and huge outdoor painted signs. The repetition of the bull and the wide circulation of these advertisements in a single newspaper or magazine quickly made the product a household name.

  8. Campaign advertising - Wikipedia

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    One of the most controversial campaign adverts of the time, "Daisy", helped to swing the 1964 United States presidential election, in favor of Lyndon B. Johnson. In politics, campaign advertising is propaganda through the media to influence a political debate and, ultimately, voting. Political consultants and political campaign staff design ...

  9. Bummers - Wikipedia

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    One southern family's encounter with bummers was recorded by North Carolina resident and Civil War diarist Jane Evans Elliot: [3] This day two weeks since, 12 of March was a day of sorrow and confusion never to be forgotten.