-Sensationalism -Imperialism -Spanish-American War -Imperialism after the war

2. What is Sensationalism?
It is a type of editorial bias in mass media in
which events and topics in news stories and
pieces are over-hyped to increase viewership or
readership numbers.
Some strategies of this would be:
Omitting information
Appealing to emotions (fear, lust, sadness…)
Exaggerated information

3. So do people actually believe
sensationalized media?
Yes, we do.

4. Now it is your turn
Create a sensationalized front page for the
school newspaper
The event could be about anything; but make it
interesting, the point is to get as many readers as
possible
You need:
A catchy title
Two sentences explaining what the reader will
find out, if they chose to read

5. Which newspaper article
would you rather read?
Search for Missing Bride
Continues
Bride Missing! Groom’s
Family Blame History of
Mental Illness
How do these headlines differ?

6. Explosion of the
Maine
February 15, 1898

7. Havana Harbor, 1898

8. “Awake United States!”
This song was rushed into print between the sinking of the Maine on February 15,
1898, and the declaration of war on April 25, 1898
Eagle soar on high, and sound the battle
cry!
And how proudly sailed the warship Maine,
a Nation’s pride, without a stain!
A wreck she lies, her sailors slain.
By two-faced butchers, paid by Spain!
Eagle soar on high,
And sound the battle cry
Wave the starry flag!
In the mud it shall not drag!

9. What does this remind you
of?
Army of rebels rise to fight against their
oppressive, imperial “mother” country.
Cuban concentration camps
Hearst & Pulitzer

10. “You furnish the
pictures and I'll
furnish the war.”-
Hearst

12. “Remember the Maine!
To hell with Spain!”
Spanish-American war
was often referred to as
“A Splendid Little War”
Fighting lasted about 4
months
400 Americans killed in
combat, 5,000 from
disease
Battles received a huge
amount of press coverage

13. Battle of Manila Bay
Commodore Dewey’s fleet of 10
new American ships launched
surprise attack on Spanish fleet
The Spanish Navy was soundly
defeated, and one American lost his
life.
To heat stroke
Dewey’s decisive
victory cleared the way
for the U.S. occupation
of Manila in August
and the eventual
transfer of the
Philippines from
Spanish to American
control.

14. So where is Manila Bay?

15. Why did our first battle in the Spanish-American
War start in the Philippines?
Location of the Spanish Navy
Possible new location for coal depots

16. Battle of San Juan Hill
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
Yellow Journalism

17. Aftermath of the Spanish-
American War
Treaty of Paris
Teller Amendment
Stated that when America defeats the Spanish, they would
give the Cubans their freedom
Platt Amendment
Limited Cuba's independence and gave the United States
the right to intervene to ensure stable government
United States acquired Guam and Puerto Rico
Philippines
$20 Million

18. Philippine-American War
Allies during the Spanish-American War
Turned against United States
Lasted 4 years
American atrocities
William Shafter "My plan would be to disarm the
natives of the Philippine Islands, even if we have
to kill half of them to do it.”
Concentration camps

19. “The White Man’s Burden”
A poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. It was
originally published in the popular magazine
McClure's in 1899, with the subtitle The United
States and the Philippine Island.

20. Take up the White Man's burden,
Send forth the best ye breed
Go bind your sons to exile, to serve
your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered
folk and wild—
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.

21. Set 1: Judge, 1899

22. Set 1: Life,
1899

24. Foreign affairs in China

26. Spheres of Influence
a country or area in which another country has
power to affect developments although it has no
formal authority
John Hay – Open Door Policy
No power would prevent others from trading in a
sphere of influence
All taxes on imports and exports is collected by
the Chinese government
No powers can ask for harbor and railroad duties
that discriminate against the other powers

28. Boxer Rebellion
a Chinese secret organization called the Society
of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an
uprising in northern China against the spread of
Western and Japanese influence there.
Shadow Boxing
Killed Christians
Chinese or foreign

30. Open Door Policy 2.0
On July 3, 1900, Hay circulated another
message to the foreign powers involved in China,
this time noting the importance of respecting the
“territorial and administrative integrity” of China.
Although the goal was to prevent the powers
from using the Boxer Rebellion as an excuse to
carve China into individual colonies
Requested no formal agreement or assurances
from the other powers.

32. Panama
The United States needed a more
efficient way to get from the Caribbean
to the Pacific
Colombian rulers
Wanted more money
Panamanian Rebellion
United States blockade

33. Speak softly, and carry a
big stick
What do you think this
means?
The “Big Stick”
United States power to
control Caribbean and
Central American countries
Monroe Doctrine
No non-American nation
could interfere with either
North or South America
Roosevelt Corollary
International police
United States took financial
control over some regions

34. 1904 – Dominican Republic owed Europeans
over $20 million dollars
If debt could not be paid, Europe would colonize
Roosevelt stepped in as a “Police Power”
America had the right to intervene with Latin
America

36. Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft
Private money in Latin
America
Produce stability and peace
United States troops would
have to back up United
States dollars

37. Nicaragua borrowed a lot of money from Europe,
and could not pay it back
The United States paid off their debts, and in
return would take over their customhouses
Economic control