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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. Its centrality to the history of the Spanish American War shows that the press had the power to capture a large readership's attention and influence the 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 United States' global reach.

* 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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