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What role did yellow journalism play in the Cuban struggle for independence with Spain?
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∙ 11y ago
Journalists used newspapers as a means to make the Spanish look as awful as possible. The most famous example of yellow journalism is when the USS Maine sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba. Illustrations of how the Spanish supposedly attacked the USS Maine enraged Americans enough that they wanted to go to war against Spain. Fabricated images and scare headlines of yellow journalism indirectly caused the Spanish-American War in 1898.
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∙ 9y ago
Yellow journalism played a significant role in shaping public opinion in the United States by sensationalizing events in Cuba and demonizing Spain. This helped to generate support for Cuban independence and ultimately influenced the U.S. decision to intervene in the conflict. The exaggerated and biased reporting in yellow journalism outlets like the New York Journal and the New York World helped to fuel anti-Spanish sentiment and push the U.S. towards war with Spain.
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What effect did the yellow journalism used by Hearst and Pulitzer before and during the Spanish American War have on the American reactions to the situation in Cuba?
It kept people emotionally attached to the plight of the Cuban people and made them favor US involvement in Cuban Independence.
How did yellow journalism affect public support for US military in cuba?
Yellow Journalism affected public support for US Military action in Cuba by convincing many Americans that the US military should support the Cuban rebels .
How did yellow journalism and jingoism influence Americans views of Cuban rebellion?
it whipped up American public opinion in favor of the rebels :)
How did yellow journalism affect public support for US military action in Cuba?
Yellow Journalism affected public support for US military action in Cuba by convincing many Americans that the US military should support the Cuban rebels .
How did yellow journalism and jingoism inluence americans' wiewa of the Cuban rebillion?
Yellow journalism and jingoism influenced AmericansÕ views of the Cuban rebellion against the Spanish Empire by portraying the Spanish as a backward empire amongst other very negative things. Public opinion regarding American intervention grew to such a fervor as to compare to the Cuban rebellion to the American Revolution and forced Congress and President William McKinley to take action.
What issues led to the Spanish American war?
Disease, Malaria and Yellow Fever prevented it from being a perfect little war.
What event directly led the US to declare war with Spain?
The Cuban struggle for Independence and the sinkiing of the USS Maine.
What is the cause of the Spanish American War?
Spanish-American war was an armed conflict between Spain and United States of America in 1898. It was a result of American involvement in Cuban War of Independence and American attacks on Spanish possessions globally.
What were the causes of the spanish American wars?
The US support for Cuban Independence, the de Lome letter and the sinking of the USS Maine. --- The quest for Cuban Independence was known to officials in Washington, and the war was made possible by the public outrage (fomented by the US print media) which followed the mysterious explosion that sank the USS Maine in Havana harbor. --- It was in part to aid Cuba's Independence movement, because of a broader interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine designed to expel European governments from colonies in the Americas. The acquisition of the Philippines by the US was a political objective made possible by the more local matter of Cuba.
Yellow journalism was the only factor that caused America to go to war with Spain?
Yellow journalism played a major role in fanning the flames of pro-war sentiment in the United States. Sympathy for Cubans under Spanish rule grew as newspapers competed with each other in reporting stories of Spanish atrocities.
What was the spanish war about?
Cuban Independence.
What was the spanish war?
Cuban Independence.
