Results of the Spanish American war in 1898.
The United States took control of Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Cuba was declared a US protector, and the US stationed ships and troops there. The war marked the end of the Spanish empire in the America and the Pacific. The US established its power by controlling islands in the Pacific. The war in and 1898 between the United States and Spain it was three years of fighting to gain independence from Spanish colonial rule.
Yellow journalism is when writers take topics and make them into a bigger deal than they really are. They do this by exaggerating and not doing enough research. The main purpose is to sell more newspapers. Yellow journalism really fills up space in a newspaper, so I can see why they would use it, even if it is wrong. Yellow journalists would write about how bad conditions were in Cuba and how Spain treated them. Even though conditions weren’t ideal, they weren’t as bad as portrayed. They also wrote about how the USS Maine was sunk, even though the facts weren’t accurate. Writers would use some true facts with fiction. This way they could get a more emotional response from readers. I think what yellow journalists do is cruel. They seem to just go looking for trouble.
Yellow journalists mainly influenced people in the NYC area. People became biased. These yellow journal stories made people in the area anti-Spanish and more for war. Once again, I think this is unnecessary and does no good.
In January of 1898, the USS Maine was sunk. The sinking was due to 5 tons of powder charges for guns exploding. I personally think this would not have been such a controversial topic if yellow journalism wasn't involved. Yellow journalism tried to convince people that Spain had bombed this ship, even though that wasn't the case.
The Spanish American War had a lot of unnecessary causes. I think if people would have told the truth when publishing articles, and didn’t steal letters, then the war could have made less of an impact. These causes taught me not to believe everything in the media.
Lastly, the malfunction. On February 15, 1898, a famous event known as “Remember the Maine!”. It was an explosion that occurred in the Havana Harbor on the USS Maine, where a few hundred Americans lost their lives. The United States thought it was sabotage by Spain and there for an act of war. It wasn’t until much later the United States found out it was just a malfunction in the boiler room. Prior to this explosion there was much tension between America and Spain, so we weren’t completely crazy in assuming it was foul play.
After yellow journalism, the De Lôme letter, and the sinking of the USS Maine.The United States couldn’t bare to sit around anymore. They encouraged our president to pursue a war against Spain. Our President at the the time was William McKinley. He made a list of demands for the Spanish people, the most important being give Cuba it’s independence. Spain did not comply therefor we took up arms. We waged a war that went down in history as the Spanish- American war.
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"Yellow Journalism." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Sept. 2013. Web. 07 Oct. 2013. a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism%3E">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism>;;.
http://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/Spanish_american_war
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Quite brief and not explained very well. Be sure to include personal thoughts, explain your pictures, and use Easybib for your sources(you needed two).