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Selling and receiving manufactured goods.    In order to spread business, manufactured goods were best when they were expanded to other countries. Imperialism helped by spreading into different countries while spreading these good. Which leads to higher business, and then more money. The effect increased the economy. This also higher taxation.

Expanding Civilization: One nation's belief that their civilization was better led to wide spread of trying to get others to adapt to their culture. As an effect, this adapted a lot of our society and opened eyes on new cultures. Some weren't open, but if they were I'm sure they benefit from it a lot.

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Some agreed and some disagreed on the idea of the annexation of Hawaii. Most all Hawaiians disagreed and thought Americans should not be allowed to take over land that meant so much to them.  “We, the women of the Hawaiian Islands, for our families and the happiness of our homes, desire peace and political quiet, and we pray that man's greed for power and spoils shall not be allowed to disturb the otherwise happy life of these islands.” This describes a native woman's opinion on the annexation. In the context she describes the American men as if they are greedy for land and power. The effect of these Americans on others really portrayed important opinions on them. Just this woman explains them as greedy, not something to be proud of or want to be. The effect of the greedy Americans changed many thoughts of American

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The Platt Amendment of 1902 was introduced after the Spanish-American War. The US agreed to withdraw its troops in Cuba if Cuba agreed to add the Platt Amendment to their constitution.  The Amendment was very unfair to the Cubans. All the rules and laws were set to make the US more powerful. It gave US more control on pretty much all aspects of the Cubans. Rules were very negotiable and in favor of the United States, they easily could be adjusted more to side with the US.
"TO enable the United States to maintain the independence of CUba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the Government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations, at certain specified points, to be agreed in with the president of the United States. " This is the article VII of the Platt Amendment. This is very unfair, the cause of the amendment was very unfair laws put on the Cubans.

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"By the late 1800s, the Spanish were losing control of Cuba. Concerned about insurrection in the countryside, they moved rural Cubans to “reconcentration” camps where the Spanish claimed they would be better able to protect them. "    These reconcentration camps were in absolute horrible conditions. There were so many women and children crammed in once place. Some women and children were sick, some were dying, and some were becoming sick.
"There is still alive the only living witness, a young girl of 18 years, whom we found seemingly lifeless on the ground; on her right-hand side was the body of a young mother, cold and rigid, but with her young child still alive clinging to her dead breast; on her left-hand side was also the corpse of a dead woman holding her son in a dead embrace." Such a sad image to picture when the goal of these camps were to make it safer for these people. When the U.S.S Maine exploded these things were uncovered. These camps were a build up over time, finally beinn unrealed and people decided something should have been done and needed to change then. The effect of the U.S.S Maine exploding included things like these camps. Change needed to happen, and something needed to be done.

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Yellow Journalism was a style of newspaper that emphasized overly dramatic facts, today known as fake news.  The effect of yellow journalism later played a huge role between the United States and Spain. An important topic of this yellow journalism was the explosion of the U.S.S Maine.
"The Journal Offers $50,000 Reward for the Conviction of the Criminals Who Sent 258 American Sailors to Their Death. Naval Officers Unanimous That the Ship Was Destroyed on Purpose." This is the opening statement to a yellow journalism article during the time. This article shaped many views. Americans blamed the Spaniards which brought a hatred for them. Not only until later was found that the explosion was an accident, and had nothing to do with the Spanish. Yet the fake news blew up so big and false, so many people believed it, which caused the American-Spanish War

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William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer had a large influence of the news that people received in the late 1800s. The news they offered often was not accurate: Hearst and Pulitzer reported on sensational stories, which were usually highly exaggerated or ficticious.

The Spanish American War, many argue, may have been started by William Randolph Hearst himself.

The United States of America was emerging as a world power. Because of this, tensions between the United States and Spain began to grow. The tensions arose with the question of Cuba's independence.

The ship, the U.S.S. Maine, was one of the first warships built by Americans. It was sent from Key West, FL to Havana, Cuba to protect United States citizens from the Spanish in January of 1898. The ship arrived in Havana on 24 January, 1898.

A short time after its arrival into the Havana Harbor, the ship split in half and sank on 15 February, 1898. As the ship sank, 252 men were killed. Even once the ship had almost fully sunk, ammunition continued to explode for hours.

Hearst and Pulitzer wasted no time and began reporting on what had happened to the ship. There were reports that the Spanish had attached a mine to the ship which exploded and killed the men aboard. The headline in the New York Journal, only 2 days after the explosion read, "DESTRUCTION OF THE WAR SHIP MAINE WAS WORK OF AN ENEMY".

These false accusations sparked the Spanish American War. The stories written by Hearst and Pulitzer proved powerful enough to send nations to war.

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William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer had a large influence of the news that people received in the late 1800s. The news they offered often was not accurate: Hearst and Pulitzer reported on sensational stories, which were usually highly exaggerated or ficticious. The Spanish American War , many argue, may have been started by William Randolph Hearst himself.

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The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
Countries extend and expand this authority usually to make themselves more powerful. The main goal in an imperialistic country is to rule all aspects, become the main ruler.