USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

[SOURCES]
“Yellow Journalists” influenced U.S. participation in which conflict?

(A) World War I

(B) the Mexican-American War

(C) World War II

(D) ** the Spanish-American War

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Yellow journalism was a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts. During its heyday in the late 19th century it was one of many factors that helped push the United States and Spain into war in Cuba and the Philippines, leading to the acquisition of overseas territory by the United States.