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Yellow Journalism

Yellow Journalism. Sensational style of reporting the news to lure readers Used by William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer in NYC newspapers “You furnish the pictures. I’ll furnish the war.” Fanned war fever and caused US public opinion to turn in favor of the Cuban independence movement.

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Yellow Journalism

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  1. Yellow Journalism Sensational style of reporting the news to lure readers Used by William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer in NYC newspapers “You furnish the pictures. I’ll furnish the war.” Fanned war fever and caused US public opinion to turn in favor of the Cuban independence movement

  2. The Yellow Kid

  3. De Lome Letter • In early 1898 the DeLome letter called Pres. William McKinley weak • The contents of the letter seen as a serious insult to our national pride • Written by Spanish diplomat Enrique Dupuy de Lome • The letter was stolen by a Cuban rebel and “leaked” to newspapers

  4. USS Maine Explodes • Pres. McKinley orders USS Maine to Cuba to pick up US citizens in danger from fight between Spanish and Cuban rebels • 2/15/1898 USS Maine blows up in Havana harbor; 260 die • Yellow journalists say Spanish mine or torpedo was to blame • True? No. An accidental boiler explosion detonated gunpowder on the Maine • “Remember the Maine” becomes rallying cry for war! • Hearst offers $50K reward for capture of Spanish culprits

  5. The Philippines • First battle of the Spanish-American War • Spanish thought US would attack Cuba first • Admiral George Dewey , US Naval Commander, and Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino rebel leader are main characters • Dewey sails w/US fleet from Hong Kong to Philippines • In Manila harbor Dewey destroys Spanish w/in hours • US troops land on mainland

  6. US Forces Invade Cuba (War in the Caribbean) • US navy blockades Cuba • Spanish fleet bottled up in Santiago harbor What’s wrong with our troops? • Not enough supplies • Not enough guns • Heavy woolen uniforms in tropical climate • Not enough effective leaders-most officers Civil War vets; too old and uninspired Outcome? • 125,000 Americans volunteer to fight the Spanish • Took longer than Philippines • Spanish fleet destroyed

  7. Rough Riders • Volunteer cavalry unit sent to Cuba in June of 1898 • Led by Teddy Roosevelt and Leonard Wood • Rough Riders dramatic uphill charge on (Kettle Hill) led way for infantry attack and capture of strategic San Juan Hill • US now able get to Santiago harbor and destroy Spanish fleet • This victory gave US confidence to next attack Puerto Rico

  8. Treaty of ParisDecember 10, 1898 • Terms of the Treaty of Paris • 1. Spain frees Cuba • 2. Puerto Rico and Guam acquired by US • 3. US pays $20M for annexation of Philippines

  9. Annexation of the Philippines • Annex- to incorporate territory into an existing country or state • Pres. McKinley prayed for guidance on what to do with Philippines • He said, “We must take the Philippines and educate and Christianize the people” • US Senate approves treaty to annex Philippines on February 6. 1899

  10. Debate over US Imperialism in the Philippines Does the US have the right to annex the Philippines? Is Imperialism moral? • Most Filipinos were Catholic Christians under Spanish rule for centuries! • Treaty of Paris violated the Declaration of Independence; denied Filipino self-government • Booker T. Washington- famous African-American fighter for Civil Rights says, “settle and fix racial inequality at home before taking on social problems overseas” • Samuel Gompers (remember him?) feared Filipino immigrants would compete for American jobs

  11. End of the Spanish-American War • The war lasted only 16 weeks! • 5,400 Americans died from heat exhaustion, disease, and combat • John Hay, US Secretary of State, called it “the splendid little war”. • US emerges as a world power

  12. It’s Alive! The Creation of the World’s Baddest Super Power (or How Uncle Sam Got His Swag) The Spanish-American War revealed that industrialization in the late 19th century had made the US a great power. Now, as the frontier in the American West disappeared, the nation sought new room to grow: world markets, protected by a worldwide Navy based on island territories throughout the world. Also, new ideas of "Social Darwinism" in the period said to many Americans that international relations was a nasty contest in which the "fittest" nations would do what they had to in order to survive. Regardless of the reasons behind annexation, the Spanish-American War and the colonies it brought to the US marked, for better or worse, the beginning of the modern era of US intervention in world affairs. This emergence of the US onto the international stage as a world power also symbolized to many that the US had finally emerged, whole and healthy, from the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

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