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| What is Yellow Journalism? |
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| Journalism that is exaggerated and crude in order to sell to more readers. |
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| Who was Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst? |
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| Both owned a newspaper that encouraged Yellow Journalism. Said to be the main cause of the Spanish American War because of their exaggerations. |
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| What is the DeLome Letter? |
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| A letter written by the Spanish Minister, badmouthing President McKinley. |
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| Who was the President during the Spanish American War? |
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| A U.S. warship that mysteriously exploded that was sensationalized by yellow journalists saying "Spain has attacked the U.S." |
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| What is the Teller Amendment? |
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| Said the U.S. would not gain any land from Cuba. |
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| What is the Platt Amendment? |
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| Replaced the Teller Amendment. It stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish-American War and defined the terms of Cuban-U.S. relations |
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| Where did the U.S. take possession of after the Spanish American War under the Treaty of Paris 1898? |
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| Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines |
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| Who was the Military leader that took the Philippines in the war? |
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