HIST 2057 Chapter : Imperialism
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Europeans could not interfere with politics or colonize any more land in the americas: richard olney wrote the olney extension to the monroe doctrine. Asserted us hegemony (power) in the western hemisphere: cleveland said great britain must respect the boundary between. Many cubans died there: yellow journalism presents no legitimate news, very biased. Goal was to sell newspaper, not tell the truth. Butcher weyler : president mckinley took a strong stand against spain, the lome letter (1898) cuban agents stole a private letter written by. Delome that criticized the us president as a weak politician. The letter was published in the yellow journal: u. s. s. Maine (1898) over 200 seamen died of a mysterious explosion in. Americans quickly concluded that the spanish were responsible for this explosion: president mckinley did not want to go to war with spain, but many did. Roosevelt wanted war: congress passed the teller amendment to justify the war promised.
