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Yellow Journalism and the Spanish American War. “You furnish the pictures, I’ll furnish the war.” -William Randolph Hearst. Perspective Lens. Monroe Doctrine: President James Monroe (1823) US doesn’t want European expansion in the Western Hemisphere
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Yellow Journalism and the Spanish American War “You furnish the pictures, I’ll furnish the war.” -William Randolph Hearst
Perspective Lens • Monroe Doctrine: • President James Monroe (1823) • US doesn’t want European expansion in the Western Hemisphere • Colonies could remain aligned with their “mother country” • Many European countries were on the verge of independence • US wants economic influence
Late 1880s • US is strong after Civil War • Industrial Revolution and Gilded Age makes US economy strong • US begins to flex its international muscle • Wants colonies for $ • US hears of Cubans fighting against oppressive Spanish Empire • Wants to “help out”
Spanish Rule in Cuba • Cuban revolted numerous times after 1850. • Brutally crushed • Late 1880s Economic Depression annoys Cubans • Jose Marti helped organize rebellion • Spain sends General Valeriano “the butcher” Weyler to crush rebels. • Atrocities!
US Interest • US wants Spain out • US wants Economic gain • Joseph Pulitzer’s The World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal use Yellow Journalism to get public support • Frederic Remington deceived • Public sees images and stories, demands war • January 1898 USS Maine explodes • “Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain!”
The War • Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders capture San Juan Hill. • Commodore George Dewey fights off General Emilio Aguinaldo • August 1898 Spain surrenders • US cements its influence in Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico