Impact of Media and the Spanish-American War
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Flashcards covering the role of media in shaping public opinion during the Spanish-American War and the key events and figures involved.
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Media's role in the war?
Shaped public opinion through sensationalized stories.
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Key publishers?
Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.
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War's immediate trigger?
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine.
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War declaration date?
April 20, 1898.
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War's nickname?
"A splendid little war."
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Famous volunteer unit?
Rough Riders (Theodore Roosevelt).
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Treaty that ended the war?
Treaty of Paris (1898).
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Abandoned policy post-war?
Isolationism.
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