Causes of the Spanish-American War

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Across
  1. 2. journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
  2. 3. US ship that blew up accidentaly, but that the newspapers said was blown up by spain
  3. 6. speech that led the U.S. to victory in the Spanish-American War
  4. 7. leader of the yellow press/has an award named after him
  5. 9. Spanish governor of Cuba whose harsh reconcentration camp policy provoked outrage in America
Down
  1. 1. Newspaper publisher who adopted a sensationalist style. His reporting was partly responsible for igniting the Spanish-American War
  2. 4. The act of Congress in 1898 that stated that when the United States had rid Cuba of Spanish misrule, Cuba would be granted its freedom
  3. 5. the letter helped generate public support for a war with Spain over the issue of independence for the Spanish colony of Cuba
  4. 8. A Nationalist-initiated conflict broke out in Cuba in 1895, the Spanish, remembering the lengthy Ten Years' War, sent 200,000 troops to Cuba.