AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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It exaggerated stories about German submarine attacks.
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It exaggerated stories about intercepting the Zimmerman telegraph.
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It exaggerated stories about the sinking of the Lusitania.
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It did all of the above to gain support for the war from the American people.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Yellow journalism refers to journalism that focuses more on sales and sensationalism than on facts and truth. During World War One, there was considerable use of propaganda and yellow journalism to garner support for the war and to encourage people to enlist to fight in it.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -yellow journalism, the use of lurid features and sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation. The phrase was coined in the 1890s to describe the tactics employed in the furious competition between two New York City newspapers, the World and the Journal.