Author Question: Yellow journalism refers to A) journalism that values sensationalism over fact. B) objective ... (Read 121 times)

nenivikky · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The Teller Amendment stated that

A) the United States would side with Spain to suppress Cuban rebels.
B) the United States would annex Cuba.
C) the United States would not annex Cuba.
D) the United States was not interested in commercial relations with Cuba.
E) the United States would not intervene in matters between Spain and Cuba.

Question 2

The immediate reaction of the clerics to the theories of Copernicus was

A) condemnation, initially by Protestant leaders like Luther who condemned the discovery as contrary to their literal interpretation of the Bible.
B) broad approval motivated by their now higher educational achievements and interest in the sciences.
C) support in the form of a papal decree praising his innovative thinking.
D) the calling of the Council of Dort by Protestants and Catholics to question the astronomer closely prior to trial for blasphemy.
E) apathy because his calculations were revealed to contain numerous mathematical errors.

Question 3

The American battleship ___________________ exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898.

A) Maine
B) Chesapeake
C) Missouri
D) Lusitania
E) None of these are correct.

Question 4

Copernicus's major book was titled

A) On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.
B) Novum Organum.
C) Principia.
D) On the Motion of the Heart and Blood.
E) The Great Instauration.

Question 5

Yellow journalism refers to

A) journalism that values sensationalism over fact.
B) objective journalism that reports facts and discourages emotional appeal.
C) journalism that reports news that is relevant to certain ethnic or socioeconomic groups.
D) journalism that reports on stories gathered from the foreign press.
E) None of these are correct.