The river flowed one way while the wind blew the other way which made sailing easier. If you wanted to go upstream you lowered the sails. If you wanted to go downstream you raised the sails
Economic decline and panic selling and sparked the great depression
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
