HW #1: Edit Virtual textbook by Friday. HW#2: Read pages 676-692. Complete parts 1-3. Due Wed, January 11th
Chapter 20 GOAL: Evaluate the United States growing interest in the Pacific and in Latin America
CAUSE 1. YELLOW JOURNALISM
a. Cold Weather Expected Today
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b. Severe Storm Set to Slam City! Dangerous Temperatures May Freeze Cats in their Tracks!!!
Officials Remind Citizens: "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"
How do these headlines differ?
If these were articles, which would you have wanted to read first?
Why might different newspapers choose to present the same event so differently?
CAUSE 2. Remember the THE USS MAINE
BACKGROUND/CONTEXT
a. Cuba was colonized by Spain.
b. Cuban rebels had been fighting for independence.
c. Spain was thought to be brutal in repressing the rebellion.
d. U.S. had business interests in Cuba.
e. President McKinley had sent the USS Maine to Cuba
f. USS Maine explodes on Feb 15, 1898.
USS MAINE Remembered by NBC NEWS (2008)
CHAPTER 20 ASSESSMENT: Paragraph. Should the US go to war against Spain?
Background Context of Spanish American War, then War with the Philippines
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