In what ways would a person's race affect his or her perspective on the war? What role did the media play in the development of popular thinking related to the war?
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Civil war? Vietnam ? Iraq?
Spanish-American War. Sorry
LOL - that was a media generated war ! It was the very origin of the term:
"yellow journalism"
starting with the explosion of the Battle ship Maine which seems to have been an engineering error but the press blamed on the Spanish. See:
http://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/yellow-journalism
I am not sure what role race played. I suppose if you were Hispanic you were not happy with the US but if you were black you approved. Better Google Spanish American war race relations.
"yellow journalism"
starting with the explosion of the Battle ship Maine which seems to have been an engineering error but the press blamed on the Spanish. See:
http://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/yellow-journalism
I am not sure what role race played. I suppose if you were Hispanic you were not happy with the US but if you were black you approved. Better Google Spanish American war race relations.
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