Spanish American War Causes

The Spanish American war was a conflict between the United States, and Spain. The war was fought because a lot of people wanted cuba to become independent, and many Americans wanted their country to get a colonial empire. The war was declared on April 25, 1898, and ended on August 12, 1898. The war had officially ended with the Treaty of Paris being signed on December 10, 1898. There were many causes that contributed to the Spanish American war, some of these causes were Yellow journalism, sinking of the U.S.S Maine and the De Lome letter, but there are plenty more causes that contribute to the war.

Yellow journalism is the use of sensationalized, and exaggerated reporting by newspaper or magazines to attract readers. Yellow journalism was used by many news reporters to exaggerate in their news reports or magazines to make them look interesting. Many of the journalist would often criticize the Spanish, exaggerate, and lie about things that weren't exactly true in their newspapers, and magazines just to sell their content and this made the US mad. William Randolph Hearst, and his papers would use Yellow journalism to push the United states into the war by making the spanish look as bad as possible. After the explosion of the U.S.S Main journalist would exaggerate about the explosion, and blame the Spanish. This made them angry, and influenced …show more content…
The sinking of the U.S.S Maine was a US warship that sank under mysterious circumstances in cuba’s Havana Harbor. The explosion of the battleship was blamed on the spanish, even though there was no proof, and was probably caused by an accident that happened onboard. In January 24, 1898 the U.S.S Maine was sent to Cuba to protect the interest of the U.S interest during a Cuban War of Independence. Later in February 15, 1898 the U.S.S Maine suddenly exploded in the havana harbor killing over 250