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How the Sword Wields the Pen
Cuba, Yellow Journalism, and the American Empire -
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Argument
The American empire was driven by the desire to assimilate other polities which is showcased by the United States’ actions during the Spanish-American War and assisted by the coinciding yellow journalism being reported. -
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Empire
Assimilation and Inferiority -
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Yellow Journalism
Sensational Headlines and Unoriginal Stories -
Closure of the Frontier
Census declares almost all land has been settled on. The American Frontier is closed. -
El Partido Revolucionario
Created ideals of party in Bases and freedom of economic confusion -
Patria
Cuban Revolutionary Party newspaper publishing in New York -
Panic of 1893
The United States enters an economic downturn. -
Wilson-Gorman Tariff
Reaction to Panic. Places 40% tariff on raw sugar hurting the Cuban economy -
Cuban fears
Some Cuban fear that the United States will annex them -
President McKinley
Due to his previous war experience and religious belief, President McKinley did not want to go to war with Spain. -
United States' Voices against Expansion
People reacting against the annexation of Cuba -
De Lome Letter
A letter that was written by the Spanish ambassador to the United States slandering President McKinley -
U.S.S. Maine Explosion
United States' naval ship blows up in Havana harbor -
Spanish-American War
United States Congress unanimous declares to go to war against Spain -
Platt Amendment
The United States imposes restrictions of the free republic of Cuba. -
Bibliography
Foner, Philip S. The Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism. 2 vols. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1972.
Martí, José. José Martí to Manuel Mercado, 18 May, 1895. In Obras Completas. Quoted in Philip S. Foner. The Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1972.
New York Journal. February 17, 1898.
