Ch 14 Section 2 - The Spanish-American War

A type of sensational reporting that uses made up stories and exaggeration to get people to read the newspaper

The right of a country to run its own government (Spain offered this to Cuba)

Extreme nationalism (sometimes with aggressive national policy)

To get involved in someone else's business

To do something without being asked

A Cuban rebel leader that was exiled to the U.S.

The owner of the newspaper called the New York Journal; he wrote outrageous stories of how prisoners were treated in Cuba (yellow journalism)

Owner of the newspaper called the New York World; he wrote outrageous stories about Cuba as a place where blood was everywhere (yellow journalism)

A Philipino revolutionary leader who was contacted by George Dewey to launch a rebellion against the Spanish

The conditions for Cuba's new constitution were outlined in this document by Senator Orville Platt

The act that established a civil government for Puerto Rico