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America entered into the Spanish-American War in 1898 for a variety of reasons including public opinion and concerns about our business and strategic interests, but the one key cause of us entering the war was yellow journalism. The Spanish had been in Cuba for some time, and many Cubans began to resent them and revolt. This reminded Americans of when colonists revolted against Britain for independence. So public opinion was already on the side of the Cubans. Yellow journalists came along and shared the “atrocities” the Spaniards were doing in Cuba and the public outcry went from sympathy for Cubans to hatred towards Spain. The was further egged on when the U.S.S Maine exploded in the Cuban Bay and the yellow journalists inferred the Spanish were involved. Yellow journalism also plant