Part 4 - SS - Turn of the Century - 2023

Who was the President of the United States during the Spanish-American War?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• William McKinnley

• Theodore Roosevelt

Who was the President of the United States that pushed for the building of the  Panama Canal?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• William McKinnley

• Theodore Roosevelt

What was Yellow Journalism?

•  Journalism that is based on exaggerations. 

• Journalism that is written on yellow paper.

• Journalism that is based only on the truth during a war.

What part of the Pacific Ocean is the United States able to access faster through the Panama Canal?

• Western Pacific

• Northern Pacific

• Southern Pacific

Who was the Spanish American War between?

• Between Cuba and Spain

• Between Spain (who claimed Cuba) and the United States. 

• Between Mexico and United States

Why did the U.S. newspapers exaggerate the mistreatment of Cubans and Americans by Spanish soldiers?

• To decrease sales because they believed in Yellow Journalism.

• To increase sales (make more money)

• To decrease sales because they did not believe in Yellow Journalism.

The U.S. newspapers exaggerated the mistreatment of Cubans and Americans by Spanish soldiers. This was known as ________________.

• War Journalism

• Yellow Fever

• Yellow Journalism

A U.S. battleship named the __________ was in the harbor of Havana, Cuba.  It mysteriously exploded one night.

• USS War Ship

• USS Spain

• USS Maine

When the USS Maine mysteriously exploded one night in Cuba, U.S. newspapers reported that ____________.

• U.S., who controlled Cuba, attacked the USS Maine

• Spain, who controlled Cuba, had attacked the USS Maine

• Cuba, who controlled the United States, had attacked the USS Maine

The catchphrase ________ was created to encourage a war with Spain.

• “Remember the Maine!”

• “Remember the Men!”

• “Remember the USA!”