Spanish American War (part 1)

In 1898, false and exaggerated news stories that helped spark US involvement in the Spanish American War were known as:

• Imperialism

• Yellow Journalism

• Muckrakers

• Fake News

This was the most immediate and important cause for the US to declare war on Spain in 1898.

• The sinking of the USS Maine

• Actions of General Vladerao Weyler

• Yellow Journalism

• The Cuban Revolution

What does this political cartoon BEST represent? (the character in the middle is labeled "England")

• Exploration

• Imperialism

• Diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst owned newspaper companies in New York City. They competed against each other for customers and profits. To do so, they ________________________.

• publishing news journals aimed at the upper wealthy social classes in America

• producing weekly journals focused on world news

• used an engaging style of publishing called "yellow journalism".

• were careful to only report the facts - if it wasn't provable, they didn't print it

Yellow journalists created support for the Spanish-American War by writing articles about which of the following?

• political popularity of President William McKinley’s decisions

• efforts of the United States to control Mexico

• destruction of United States sugar plantations by Hawaiians

• sinking of the United States battleship Maine in Havana Harbor

What was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?

• Cuba wanted to enslave Spain

• Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism

• Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar cane colony

• Cuba wanted independence from Spain

Which of the following years is associated with the Spanish American War?

• 1896

• 1897

• 1898

• 1899

How did newspaper headlines like this help start the Spanish-American war?

• They created a fear of war.

• They only reached those that could read.

• They created a desire to go to war.

• They accurately informed the news of the world.

What is the forceful extension of a nation's authority by territorial conquest or by establishing economic and political domination of other nations that are not its colonies?

• annexation

• imperialism

• nationalism

• isolationism

Name that event: In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence.

• Spanish-American War

• The Civil War

• World War I

• Imperialism