Complex sentence: In accordance with this policy, McKinley began to negotiate with the Spanish government, hoping that the negotiations would be able to end the yellow journalism in the United States, and therefore, end the loudest calls to go to war with Spain.
Split into simpler sentences: In accordance with this policy, McKinley began to negotiate with the Spanish government. McKinley hoped that the negotiations would be able to end the yellow journalism in the United States and therefore end the loudest calls to go to war with Spain.