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Moreover, influential figures such as Theodore Roosevelt led a drive for U.S. overseas expansion that had been gaining strength since the 1880s. Nevertheless, yellow journalism of this period is significant to the history of U.S. foreign relations in that its centrality to the history of the Spanish American War shows that the press had the power to capture the attention of a large readership and to influence public reaction to international events. The dramatic style of yellow journalism contributed to creating public support for the Spanish-American War, a war that would ultimately expand the global reach of the United States.

* Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]

*Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/yellow-journalism| U.S. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism, 1895–1898]

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