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

So do people actually believe

sensationalized media?

Yes, we do.

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

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?

Explosion of the MaineFebruary 15, 1898

Havana Harbor, 1898

“Awake United States!”

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!

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

What does this remind you

of?Army of rebels rise to fight against their

oppressive, imperial “mother” country.

Cuban concentration camps

Hearst & Pulitzer

“You furnish the

pictures and I'll

furnish the war.”-

Hearst

“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

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.

So where is Manila Bay?

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

Battle of San Juan Hill

Rough Riders

Theodore Roosevelt

Yellow Journalism

Aftermath of the Spanish-

American WarTreaty 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

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

“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.

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.

Set 1: Judge, 1899

Set 1: Life,

1899

Foreign affairs in China

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

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

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.

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

Speak softly, and carry a

big stickWhat 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

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

Dollar DiplomacyPresident Taft

Private money in Latin

America

Produce stability and peace

United States troops would

have to back up United

States dollars

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