When Wilson decided to join WWI, he at first mobilized the nation by creating great patriotic fervor. All things were at first done voluntarily, as this propaganda shows. The propaganda appeals to a man's sense of pride in America which is what Wilson was trying to encourage in all American citizens.
However, later, Wilson would have to make a the draft mandatory for there was a need for more men.
However, later, Wilson would have to make a the draft mandatory for there was a need for more men.