1. Spanish American War
Learning Target: Identify the Causes and Effects of the Spanish American War
US History – Mr. Wolf

2. Causes of Spanish American War
American Sympathy towards Cuban Fight for Freedom against Spanish Rule
“Butcher” Weyler forced 300,000 Cuban Rebels into concentration camps
Monroe Doctrine – chance to get Spain out of Western Hemisphere
Economic Interests – sugar plantations
Yellow Journalism – American Press got American’s behind going to war
Spark: Sinking of the USS Maine

3. Yellow Journalism
A type of journalism that distorts and exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
William Randolph Hearst vs Joseph Pulitzer.
New York Journal New York World

4. 1.What is most noticeable about the example?
2. How is this media making people feel?
3. How would this influence or change peoples mind?

5. Characteristics of Yellow Journalism
Headlines in huge print, often of minor news
Many pictures, or imaginary drawings
use of faked interviews, misleading headlines, and false information from so-called experts
dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system.
Emotional words and symbols; scare tactics

8. Does Yellow
Journalism
Still Exist?

9. Important Events Sinking of the USS Maine
266 US Servicemen are killed
Blamed on a Spanish mine
Admiral Dewey – Surprise attack on the Spanish Fleet in Manila Harbor
All Spanish Ships are Sunk
Spanish Defeated in Battle of San Juan Hill
T. Roosevelt led the “Rough Riders” to victory
Spain signs Treat of Paris Ending the War

10. Effects of the Spanish American War
US becomes an Imperialist Power
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines become colonies of the US
Cuba gains its independence from Spain, but becomes a US Protectorate
US will “protect” and partially control Cuba
Philippine rebels wanting independence declare war on US

11. Which of the following is not a cause of the Spanish American War
Monroe Doctrine
Desire for economic opportunity
Sympathy for the Spanish
Sinking of the Battleship Maine
Yellow Journalism

12. Which of the following is not an effect of the Spanish American War?
US became an imperialistic power
Cuba became a US Protectorate
Filipino rebels declared war on the US
Spain’s colonies were free

13. Which of the following defines Yellow Journalism
Factual, Unbiased news
Distorted or Exaggerated news
A type of news that no longer exists today
Proven news written by experts

14. Assignment
From an event in the Spanish American War, design the front page of a newspaper in the “sensational” style of Hearst and Pulitzer.
Include headlines (both large and small) and include some pictures.
Ideas: “Butcher Weyler’s” treatment of Cubans, Explosion of USS Maine, Rough Riders charging San Juan Hill, Teddy Roosevelt as a Rough Rider and being tough