Download Explosion of the USS Maine, Havana Harbor, February

LEQ
• What is the Impact of Yellow Journalism
on the Start of the Spanish-American
War?
Yellow Journalism
• Journalism that
exploits, distorts, or
exaggerates the news
to create sensations
and attract readers.
• Can you think of any
examples of this in the
world today?
Joseph Pulitzer vs. William
Randolph Hearst
• Competed to print
the most ghastly
stories about the
Spanish atrocities
• Hearst quote: “You
supply the pictures.
I’ll supply the war.”
Remember the Maine
• At 9:40pm on February 15,
1898, the battleship U.S.S.
Maine exploded in Havana
Harbor
• 268 men were killed,
shocking the American
population
• What or who caused this
explosion?
Awake United States!
This song was rushed into print between the sinking of the Maine
on February 16, 1898 and the declaration of war on April 25,
1898.
Eagle soar on high, and sound the battle cry!
How proudly sailed the warship Maine,
a Nation’s pride, without a stain!
A wreck she lies, her sailors slain.
By two-faced butchers, paid by Spain!
Eagle soar on high,
And sound the battle cry
Wave the starry flag!
In mud it shall not drag!