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.

Which statement best summarizes the colonial system belgium created in the congo free state? o a. belgians relied on threats and brutal violence to force natives to work on rubber plantations, o b. belgians encouraged mass immigration from europe to force natives from their lands. o c. belgians improve local economies but stripped natives of their political rights. d. belgians offered natives political equality only if they gave up their traditional beliefs