The Spanish American War

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The Spanish American War

• A splendid little war
• John Hay US Ambassador

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Analogy

• Neutrality is to Walking away from a fight
• as
• ____________ is to ___________________
• Relationship _______________________
• Revisit Collective Security, Unilateralism
  Imperialism

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Discuss HW
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Intro

• Think about the bully story
• How could you make the situation grow or get
  worse in some way?
• Brainstorm
• Pair Share
• Why would you do this?

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Yellow Journalism

• Sensational news stories that often exaggerated
  the facts
• Part of a newspaper war between Pulitzers New
  York World and Hearsts New York Journal
• New Vocab Mass Media

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Compare and Contrast Yellow Journalism then
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Trouble Brewing in Cuba

• US Newspapers React
• Only major form of mass media in the US
• Hearst Pulitzer support revolutionaries and
  stir US support

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Activity

• STEP 1 Using the textbook, create a yellow
  journalism headline or image representing the
  buildup to the Spanish-American War
• Pgs. 260-261
• STEP 2 Create a yellow journalism headline or
  image for today.

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Compare and Contrast Yellow Journalism now
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Reflection- should manipulative journalism be
legal? Which ideals does it support, which ideals
does it deny?
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Remember the Maine!

• USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor after an
  explosion
• Newspapers blame Spain
• Later it is found that a coal bin exploded inside
  the ship