LESSON 2 Spanish American War and American Empire 42 145151 LESSON 1 Spanish American War amp Amer Empire 1118 VOCABULARY Yellow journalism 147 Cuban autonomy 147 ID: 719370
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UNIT #4 – BECOMING A WORLD POWER
LESSON #2 – Spanish American War and American Empire
(4-2)
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LESSON #1 –
Spanish American War & Amer. Empire (11/18)
VOCABULARYYellow journalism (147)Cuban autonomy (147)Jingoism (147)Spanish-American War (148)Rough Riders (148)Theodore Roosevelt (148)San Juan Hill (148)
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
3. How can Yellow Journalism change governmental policy?
4. Describe how American came to own most of what was left of the Spanish Empire. Slide3
The World
“
Blood on the roadsides, blood in the fields, blood on the doorsteps, blood, blood, blood!
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—from a newspaper article in the
World
describing the Cuban Revolution
How can yellow journalism influence people's opinions on foreign policy issues?Slide4
Yellow Journalism
What is Yellow Journalism?Find the definition on p. 147.What are some reasons a newspaper might resort to this type of reporting?
Sensationalist reporting in which writers purposefully distort truth, exaggerate information or even lie to get more attention to their storiesTo sell more papers (and sell more advertising) (and make more money)To sway public opinionTo get government to base decisions from their viewsUsually catch headlines or invented drawingsUsually information is not researched very well (if at all)Slide5
Yellow JournalismSlide6
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Yellow Journalism
The most infamous yellow journalism publishers was William Randolph Hearst, whose New York Journal published wild exaggerations and false stories to increase circulation. The New York Journal-American and other tabloids prospered for several decades with a mix of celebrity scandal and gory murder stories, but didn't survive the Great Depression.
In 1952, a former Hearst-owned paper called the New York Enquirer was purchased and changed to tabloid size and took it in a new direction, with content based on people's tendency to stop and gawk at car accidents. "If it was blood that interested people, I'd give it to them," he said in a 1970s Time interview. Circulation increased rapidly based on a steady stream of gory crime scene photographs and murder stories.What are some examples of Yellow Journalism today?Slide10
TabloidsSlide11
Spanish Empire
What do you know about the Spanish Empire?What did Columbus do?Why does most of Latin America speak Spanish?Spain was once the most powerful nation on earthOver the years, Spain lost most of the empireThey were vicious leadersRebellion plagued most of regions they
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Cuban Revolution
Where is Cuba?Read the first two paragraphs of the Cuban Rebellion on p. 146 What were the circumstances leading to rebellion?Read the top of p. 147. What was the result?
Just south of FloridaSpain still owned Cuba in 1800sCuba produced HUGE amounts of sugar (1/3 of world’s supply)1868 – Cubans rebelled for independence from SpainCuba was able to declare independence by 1895Slide13
Is war a good idea?
Spain did not like that Cuba rebelled.What did they do? (p. 147 – second full paragraph)Riots continued. Pres. McKinley sent Battleship Maine to protect Americans.Spain saw this as overly aggressive
Both nations were VERY prideful This was an era of NATIONALISM, when pride in nation often got carried too far… called JINGOISMSent 200,000 troops to put down rebellionSpain put rebels in concentration campsSpain eventually agreed to [a form of] Cuban independenceSlide14
The USS Maine, American Battleship
A massive explosion RIPPED through the MaineKilling hundreds of American sailorsAmericans were outragedMost Americans wanted to blame someoneYellow Journalists handed them SPAINHow did Yellow Journalism change history?
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REMEMBER THE MAINE!
The explosion killed 268 men, two-thirds of the crew. Only 200 bodies were recovered, but they were so badly disfigured that only 76 were identified.
A 1970s study indicated that the explosion may have been caused by spontaneous combustion in a coal bunker on the ship. Another study in the 1990s, though, concluded it could have been caused by a mine.Slide16
Example of Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism depended on sensationalist reporting that relied on getting an emotional reaction from the reader, usually by using words that quickly created a visual image.
The phrase “$50,000 REWARD” is used four times in a fairly small area. The intent was to capture the reader’s eye and hold it.Emotional words such as “outrage” and “destroyed” target the reader’s feelings. Whether the words actually describe a fact is not as important as causing the reader to feel a certain way.The story was printed on February 17, 1898. It is doubtful there was a unanimous agreement because the Navy did not finish its investigation until March.Slide17
Is war a good idea?
What happened next? (147 – last two paragraphs)What does JINGOISM look like?1898 – What did congress do? (top of p. 148)What was Spain’s response?
The Maine exploded. Some Americans blamed the SpanishThis should be a description of EXTREME nationalism. We declared Cuba independent. They declared war on us. Slide18
The Spanish-American War
Day 1 Reflection Question
Do you think if the USS
Maine
had not been destroyed, the Spanish-American War would not have occurred? Why or why not?Slide19
A two-front war
Battle of Manila Bay“YOU MAY FIRE WHEN READY, GRIDLEY”Destroyed Spanish fleet in Philippines Battle of CubaROUGH RIDERS – TEDDY ROOSEVELTBATTLE OF SAN JUAN HILLSlide20
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The war
Americans were not really ready to fightThey looked for volunteersOne such group: THE ROUGH RIDERSCavalry led by Teddy RooseveltMostly cowboys, miners and law officerAttacked San Juan Hill in CubaSpanish fledWhole fleet destroyedSlide22
American Imperialism
10m version
30m versionSlide23
Plessy vs. Ferguson
(1896)What did Adolph Plessy do? (135)What “doctrine” did this lead to? (136)
He was a partially black man (1/8 black, and very light skinned) who took a seat on a train in a car designated just for whitesThe doctrine was known as “separate but equal,” and led to legal discrimination in the South that lasted for more than 50 years