Answer:
<em>The correct option is A) It was used to influence public opinion</em>
Explanation:
In 1898, a conflict arose between Spain and the United States which was termed as Spanish- American war.
In the late 1890's journalists, Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst used yellow journalism to influence and agitate the public of United States against Spain. Yellow journalism provided no legitimate well- searched news. It just made agitating headlines so that the news could be eye-catching and spread among people of the United States.
The Wilmot Proviso proposed an American law to ban slavery,
The Schlieffen Plan's strategy required that France be defeated swiftly – but this didn't happen. That failure led to sustained trench warfare on the Western Front. In those grim battles of attrition, such as the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun, Allied forces ultimately outnumbered the Germans
The republicans in rome were driven out by the french army