For this assessment, you may write either a newspaper article or a storybook about the causes, motivations, and effects of the spanish-american war or the building of the panama canal.
storybook
if you choose to create a five-page storybook, be sure to include at least three sentences of text and an illustration on each page that focus on the following:
•the reasons for the event
•the incidents leading up to the main event
•accurate details on what took place during the event
•the results of the event
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the spanish american war was a conflict between spain and the u. s. that ended spanish colonial rule in the americas and resulted in u. s. acquisition of territories in the western pacific and latin americas. the war was originated in the cuban struggle for independence from spain, which began in february 1895.spains brutally repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the u. s. published by several sensational newspapers. that's when the americans sympathy for the rebels rose and that started the spanish american war.
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Causes of Spanish-American War.There were several causes of the Spanish-American War. Cubans were in revolt against Spain, wanting to declare their 
independence. Many Americans supported their efforts. Newspapers in America favored American intervention in Cuba. This was known as "the Yellow Press." William Randolph Hearst's papers led the way. Reporters were sent to Cuba and their reports often were transformed into horror stories about crimes against the Cuban population by the Spanish overlords. Such "reporting" sold papers. Imperialists in America favored the war which would bring Cuba and its people into the economic sphere of the US. We could provide products to the Cubans and we could enter the economic system of the island with our industries. The major cause was the explosion of the USS Maine, which was stationed in Havana. The American press claimed the Spanish caused the explosion with the loss of 260 American sailors. There was no evidence the Spainish caused the ship to explode. The American public continued to put pressure on President McKinley until he finally asked Congress to declare war on Spain on 11 April 1898. They wanted to declare their independence.