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Congress declared war on Spain (Notes)

The Spanish-American War began (Notes)

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An explosion in the hull destroyed the ship and it sunk (Notes)

Newspapers blamed Spain (Notes)

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The battleship was sent to Cuba to protect Americans and their homes. (Notes)

Spain was said to be mistreating the Cubans and they were dying of starvation and diseases (Notes)

America was concerned about this and they wanted to help Cuba (Notes)

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February 15, 1898 (Notes)

260 Americans were killed (Notes)

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(“USS Maine”)

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Newspaper reporters said that Spain had a mine under the water that blew up in order to destroy the Maine (Notes)

The Newspaper articles and cartoons were the main reason America went to war with Spain (Notes)

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(“USS Maine Wreckage”)

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(“McKinley”)

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Born January 29, 1843 (“William McKinley”)

September 14, 1901 — 58 years old (“William McKinley”)

He was the 25th president of the United States (“William McKinley”)

McKinley was the one who sent the USS Maine over to Cuba in the first place (Notes)

President during the Spanish-American War(Notes)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JYFJU3ZJLM

“(The Story" [HH:MM:SS])

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Works Cited

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“The Story of the USS Maine.” YouTube, 13 Nov. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JYFJU3ZJLM.

“USS Maine Battleship.” Wikipedia, Nov. 2006, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Maine_Battleship_BB10_LOC_22465.jpg.

“USS Maine Wreckage.” Wikipedia, Feb. 2013, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Maine_wreckage_cph.3b21936.jpg.

“William McKinley.” Hispanic Divison Library of Congress, June 2011, www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/mckinley.html.