Spanish American War Document-Based Questions
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Spanish American War Documents US History Name: Ms. Moskowitz Cuba revolted against Spanish rule in 1895. The following three documents helped convince Americans to support Cuban independence, rather than allow Spanish rule to continue. The reasons for the U.S. entering this war are largely due to the use of Yellow Journalism. Examine each of the following documents, and use complete sentences to answer the questions that follow. Document 1: Yellow Journalism 1898: Male Spanish officials strip search an American woman tourist in Cuba looking for messages from rebels. Front page "yellow journalism" from Hearst (artist: Remington) 1. What do you see in this image? 2. How do you think American newspaper readers would feel about Spain after seeing this image? 3. Why would this image cause the US to want to help Cuba gain independence from Spain?
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Spanish American War Documents US History Name: Ms. Moskowitz Cuba revolted against Spanish rule in 1895. The following three documents helped convince Americans to support Cuban independence, rather than allow Spanish rule to continue. The reasons for the U.S. entering this war are largely due to the use of Yellow Journalism. Examine each of the following documents, and use complete sentences to answer the questions that follow. Document 1: Yellow Journalism
1898: Male Spanish officials strip search an American woman tourist in Cuba looking for messages from rebels. Front page "yellow journalism" from Hearst (artist: Remington)
1. What do you see in this image?
2. How do you think American newspaper readers would feel about Spain after seeing this image?
3. Why would this image cause the US to want to help Cuba gain independence from Spain?
Document 2: The De Lôme Letter
Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst’s spy stole a letter, referred to as the “De Lôme letter,” where a Spanish ambassador “openly ridiculed” President McKinley. Hearst then published this letter in the New York Morning Journal. ! "... McKinley is: weak and catering to the rabble, and, besides, a low politician, who desires to leave a door open to me and to stand well with the jingoes of his party."
1. How did the Spanish view McKinley as a politician, according to this letter?
2. How would the publication of this letter in the newspaper cause Americans to want to fight Spain to support Cuba’s independence from Spain?
Document 3: Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine On the night of February 15th, 1898, the American war ship U.S.S. Maine suddenly exploded and sank in the Havana Harbor in Cuba. Although today we still do not know what caused this explosion, American newspapers published sensational headlines like these below in the New York Journal.
1. What does the New York Journal say caused the destruction of the Maine?
2. Which country do you think they are trying to blame for this explosion?
3. Why might this help convince Americans to fight Spain for Cuba’s independence?
