D. Without proof journalists blamed Spain for the sinking ship .
Explanation:
The sinking of the Maine gave a pretext to the US government to declare the war on Spain. Yellow press papers incensed the public with their stories about Spanish abuses in Cuba. They magnified the issue of the Maine and pointed at a Spanish action as the cause of the explosion onboard, though it was not the Spanish authorities who did it.
Answer: The raids were fueled by social unrest following World War I, and a genereal fear of more left leaning idlogies following the russian revolution
The renaissance introduced humanism and started to shift people's mindsets from striving to achieve an ideal life after death to enjoying and making the best of their current life.