Chapter 20 Study Guide Corrections and Evidence

Added to #4: I added information regarding the superiority of the "Anglo-Saxon" race as well as the fact that new outlets for US civilization were needed.

Added to #7: I added that Britain agreed to settle the dispute with the U.S.

Added to #8: I added the specific thing that yellow journalists focused on, which was atrocities in Cuba.

Added to #14: I added that there were no plans for transport to Cuba.

Added to #15: I added that Spain probably wasn't expecting a war to start in the Philippines.

Added to #17: I added that the annexation of Hawaii was rationalized by Hawaii not actually being a country.

Added to #19: America's Cuban allies also won.

Added to #20: Added Puerto Rico to the list.

Added to #21: Added that there was fear of competition from Filipino workers.

Corrected #22: Corrected my answer to "The fight to suppress Filipino independence fighters involved burning crops and villages, rounding up civilians, atrocities, dislocated civilians, malnutrition, disease – the brutality of the war."

William Randolph Hearst, a prominent figure in the realm of yellow journalism. (Encyclopedia Britannica)

According to LOC, the Spanish-American War started when the battleship Maine was supposedly sunk by Spain.

According to BIOGRAPHY, "McKinley is is best known for being president when the United States acquired Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines."