AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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hostility toward Spain’s brutality in Cuba
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exposing the truth about what happened to the USS Maine
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reminding Americans they were once a British colony
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the decline of newspaper profits
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Yellow journalism contributed to the U.S. declaring war by using “sensational stories that tugged at readers’ heartstrings to sell papers.” These papers blamed Spain for the sinking of the ship, even though they had no evidence to prove it. Spain declared war on April 24, 1898 and the U.S. declared war the next day.
Detailed explanation-3: -Yellow Journalism Reports of the Cuban Revolution reached Americans through newspapers. Two fiercely competitive newspapers, the New York Journal and the New York World, generated much of the American support for the rebels through their creatively dramatized stories of Spanish atrocities.
Detailed explanation-4: -Before the United States declared war on Spain in 1898, ‘yellow journalists’ exaggerated stories to help sell newspapers. These stories helped turn U.S. public opinion in favor of war against Spain.