What is one effect of “yellow journalism” seen leading up to the Spanish-American War (1898)?

a) More Americans were informed about current events than ever before

b) Americans believed the USS Maine’s explosion was an accident

c) Public support for a declaration of war with Spain grew

d) American foreign policy focused on acquiring colonies.

I believe the answer is “Americans believed the USS Maine’s explosion was an accident”

Explanation:

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: