Assimilation, you were right !
The answer to your question is gonna be working in low-wage, unskilled jobs....
Statements:
- The Spanish took Moctezuma, prisoner,
- Smallpox weakened the Aztec's ability to resist
It gave Americans a wrong view on the war and got them involved. As the Spanish and humans were seen as savage animals but as Yellow Journalism is exaggerated press it was not in fact true. As the people saw the newspaper they demand their government to get involved in the war