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President McKinley sent the battleship to Havana, Cuba to protect Americans and their property

Charles Dwight Sigsbee was Captain of USS Maine

260 Americans dead

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(Gallen)

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The USS Maine is a huge battleship

Exploded and Spain got blamed for the explosion

Caused America and Spain to go to War

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February 15th, 1898

At 9:40 p.m. the ship exploded

("February 16 1898")

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Havana, Cuba

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Maine explosion by Fouquet licensed under public domain

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USS Maine color 1898 by Murat Halstead licensed under public domain

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Could of been an accident

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Charles Dwight Sigsbee by author unknown licensed under public domain

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Born: January 16, 1845

Died: July 13, 1923

Graduated from the Naval Academy in 1863

Was Captain of the USS Maine

(Gallen)

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“February 16 1898: Battleship U.S.S. Maine Explodes.” PBS, Film Company, Inc., 1999,
www.pbs.org/crucible/tl10.html?scrlybrkr=4b06e260.

Gallen, James M. “Charles Dwight Sigsbee.” Spanam War, 2012, www.spanamwar.com/sigsbee.htm.

“The Story of the USS Maine.” YouTube, uploaded by MrRohanGW.

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(“The Story”)