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Birth of Joesph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer immigrated to the United States from Hungray at the end of the 18th century. After struggling to find a job early in his life, Pulitzer soon became a major player in the newspaper industry. His major competitor was fellow newspaper publisher William Hearst, who fought with him over New York readership. Pulitzer later died at in 1911. -
William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst was the opposite of Pulitzer by being born in the United States in San Francisco. He went to Harvard, but was kicked out 3 years later due to lack of work ethic. He then took over his father's newspaper buisness in the San Francisco Examiner which catapulted his career in the Industry. Hearst then competed with Joseph Pulitzer later in his career. Hearst died in 1951. -
Cuban soldiers
In 1868 Cuba began a revolt against Spain to claim its independce called the Ten Year War. Manuel de Cespedes was the main person who helped organize everything and later became the father of Cuba independence. Other contributors to the revolt were Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo. After the war peace was settled, but tensions soon arose after that. -
President Grover Cleveland-the 22nd and 24th president of the United States
Grover Cleveland ran his Presidency over the United States for two terms. During his second term, reports of the Spanish abusing the Cubans, demanded that something be done. Clevaland was not swayed and signed "The Proclamation of Neutralality" in 1895 on the matter. After the Spanish refused to American suggestions to resolve the matter, Cleveland later admitted the United States might have to get involved if the trouble continued. -
Spanish General Valeriano Weyler was sent to Cuba to quell the revolt
General Valeriano Weyler was sent to Cuba in 1896 to control Cuban liberals. He did by instituting a policy he called Policy of Reconcentration. His plan was to seperate peasnats from the liberals by herding them into a santoned camp. The camp was crowded and disorganized and was a nest for disease. 321, 934 Cubans died in during the policy. -
Frederic Remington-Painter, Sculptor, and Illustrator of the Spanish American War
Frederic Remington was a very accomplished artist and illustrator that worked for William Hearst and was sent to Cuba to cover the revolution and specifically the camps where the Cubans were held. Once there and found the claims to be exaggerated, he sent a telegraphm to Hearst saying, "There is no war, request to be recalled" to which Hearst replied, "Please remain, you furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war. This telegraphm's legetimacy remains controversial. -
Richard Harding Davis-writer and war correspondent during Spanish American War
Richard Harding Davis was a writer and from Philadelphia Pennsylvania where he developed a human interest style of writing. He later became a war correspondent for Hearst's New York Journal and reported on the Spanish American War. His reporting on Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" campaign made Roosevelt a American Hero. -
Comic of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst fighting over rights to comic
Yellow Kid In 1895 Pultizer's New York World introduced a popular comic called the Yellow Kid. In 1896 William Randolph Hearst hired away the creator of the comic Richard F. Outcault to the New York Journal. Furious over Hearst's manlipted ways Pulitzer claimed the rights to the comic. After a lengthy debate, both papers decided to print the comic. The life of the comic only lasted a year after that. -
President Mckinnley inaugerated
President Mckinnley was familiar with the crisis in Cuba before his presidency, but like his predocessor, tried to handle things peaceably, despite pressure from congress and the media to get involved. After the U.S.S Maine was destroyed, Mckinnley finally got involved and was the -
Theodore Roosevelt- assistant secretary of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt was appointed the assistant secretary of the Navy in 1897. Roosevelt develpoded many of the strageties used in the war against Spain. He also led a successful calvery charge called "The Rough Riders." After he returned home from Cuba, he climbed the political ladder and eventually became the President of the United States in 1901. -
Enrique Dupuy de Lome- Spanish Prime Minister
Enrique Dupuy de Lome was the prime minister in Spanin and played a part in the United States getting involved in the Spanish American War, when he wrote a letter on to a friend in Cuba calling Presiden Mckinley weak and a low politician. Somehow Cuban rebels got a hold of the letter and leaked it to the American press. William Hearst proceeded to print the letter in his "New York Journal" and headlined it, "The Worst Insult to the United States in its History." This infuriated the American peop -
U.S.S Maine destroyed in Havanna Spain, inducing the Spanish American War
The U.S.S Maine had arrived in Havanna Harbor Spain on January 25 to help protect Americans living there, but was considered peaceful. Then on a Febuary night, it unexpectably exploded killing 260 American men were killed. Despite the fact that the Spanish actually helped the American survivors, the newspapers put the blame the Spanish. A mine was later determined to be the cause of the explosion. -
Commodore Dewey and the American Navy defeated the Spanish fleet in Manila bay
Within days of the war being declared against Spain, Commodore George Dewey led a U.S naval force into Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet .The level of victory was so dominant that the Spanish lost 381 lives to the American's 1. This victory eventually led to an American colonization in the Phillipines and made the U.S. a world power. -
Teddy Roosevelt and the Americans forces conquer San Juan Heights Spain
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt lead the American forces of 1,250 cowboys, indians, and aristocratic sportsmen to victory at San Juan Heights Spain ending the war. This victory was called the greatest moment of Teddy Roosevelts career. -
World Trade Center towers destroyed by planes hyjacked by terrorists
In 2001 four planes were hijacked by terrorists and two crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York. After the towers were hit they collapsed and the total devastion killed about 3,000 people and 400 emergency personel. This motivated the United States to get involved in the Middle East. This happening was probably helped by the media replaying the horror over and over and printing headlines in newspapers for war. -
Tabloid Stand
Tabloids are essentially a product of yellow journalism. For whatever reason, Americans are infatuated with celebrities and gossip and tabloid journalists do whatever it takes to supply that craving. Tabloid journalism is unethical as it goes against the traditional grain of seeking out the truth by not checking facts and fabricating storys.
