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Was sent to protect Americans and their property

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USS Maine ACR-1 in Havana harbor before explosion 1898 by Unknown classified as Public Domain

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At first people thought that Spain blew it up

Brought Yellow Journalism to the U.S

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Was one of the first American battleships

Cost $2 million to build

("U.S.S. Maine")

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Maine after the explosion by Charles Dwight classified as Public Domain

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This took place on February 15, 1898

A huge explosion took place on the boat

About 260 Americans died

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Yellow Journalism and the Maine explosion

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Yellow Journalism and the Maine explosion

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Hurst and Pulitzer fought for buyers of their papers, so they exaggerated what really happened to get more people to buy their paper

The false reporting lead U.S. citizens to pressure the government to go to war with the Spanish

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The Navy reported that the ship had been blown up by a mine

They never blamed anyone for the explosion

Many historians now believe that there was a malfunction with the boat and that’s what caused it to explode

(“U.S.S. Maine”)

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Captain Charles Dwight Sigsbee By Charles Dwight classified as Public Domain

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Captain of the U.S.S. Maine

Joined the Navy when he was 18 years old

born in Albany, New York on January 16, 1845

Died on July 13, 1923

After the war he became an intelligence officer, among other things before his retirement in 1903

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https://youtu.be/3JYFJU3ZJLM

(“The Story”)

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Works Cited

Gallen, James M. “Charles Dwight Sigsbee.” Spanish America War Centennial Website, www.spanamwar.com/sigsbee.htm.

“The Story of the USS Maine.” YouTube, 13 Nov. 2012, youtu.be/3JYFJU3ZJLM. Accessed 16 Mar. 2018.

“U.S.S. Maine Was Sunk.” www.americaslibrary.gov, www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_maine_2.html.