Yellow journalism-exaggerated newspaper
articles that made things sound worse than they
were and made Americans want to go to war
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What were the causes of the
Spanish-American War?
U.S. wants to expand in Latin America and Pacific
In Cuba & Philippines, people rebel against Spain
U.S. demands involvement from American
expansionists and journalists
An explosion sinks American battleship
U.S.S. Maine in Cuban Harbor…U.S. blames
Spain (“Remember the Maine”)
Outcomes of the SpanishAmerican War
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Yellow journalists and
U.S. expansionists
demand war!!! After
explosion of Maine
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War took less than 4 months
More soldiers died from
disease and food poisoning
than in battle
Cuba gets
independence
U.S gains
Puerto Rico, Guam
and Philippines
U.S. become
recognized as a world
power