Aim: Why was there a Spanish-American War? Do Now: Copy the Vocabulary • Patriotism : nationalism, love for one’s country • Yellow journalism : news stories that are exaggerated and distorted for emotional effect • Treaty of Paris : agreement to end the Spanish-American War. The U.S. gained the territories of Puerto Rico and Guam. • President McKinley : President during the Spanish American War • U.S.S Maine : The battle ship’s destruction in Havana Cuba was a motivation in bringing war between the U.S. & Spain.