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Sunk at Havana Harbor in Cuba

Sunk on February 15th, 1898

("U.S.S Maine").

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It costed $2 million to build and weighed more than six thousand tons

Sent to Havana by President McKinley to protect American interests

("The Maine").

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What the USS Maine looked like Before the Explosion

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What the USS Maine looked like Before the Explosion

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(USS Maine).

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260 of 400 American crew members were killed

Was claimed that it was blown up by a mine from Spain

US congress called for a declaration of war

The Spanish-American war started in April 1898 ("The Maine").

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(Photograph of the Wreckage).

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Born on April 29th, 1863 in San Francisco, California

Wealthy and had a massive media outlet called “The Journal”

Founder of “Yellow Journalism” which made the sinking of the USS Maine look worse than it actually was.

Attended Harvard as an editor

Died in Beverly Hills, California in 1951 (“William Randolph”).

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(William Randolph)

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The Treaty of Paris was made

US acquired the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

Cuba became independent

Spain recieved $20 million

About four thousand American lives were taken

("The Spanish-American").

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William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were the main drive on pushing the war with Spain.

They came up with photos that made the explosion look worse then it actually was.

Many years later we found out that Spain had nothing to with the explosion at all.

(Woolf).

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("Sinking of the USS Maine").

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Photograph of the Wreckage of the USS Maine - NARA - 301647. 23 Oct. 2011. Wikipedia Commons, Mediawiki, 1898, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photograph_of_the_wreckage_of_the_USS_MAINE_-_NARA_-_301647.jpg. Accessed 13 Mar. 2018.

“Sinking of the USS Maine.” YouTube, uploaded by Stephanie Duley, 16 Nov. 2016, youtu.be/l2cIZS1QFt0. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.

“The Spanish-American War and Its Consequences.” U.S. History, Independence Hall Association, www.ushistory.org/us/44d.asp. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.

USS Maine ACR-1 in Havana Harbor before Explosion 1898. 5 Apr. 2006. Wikipedia Commons, Mediawiki, 1898, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Maine_ACR-1_in_Havana_harbor_before_explosion_1898.jpg. Accessed 13 Mar. 2018.

“U.S.S Maine Was Sunk.” America’s Library, Library of Congress, www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_maine_2.html. Accessed 13 Mar. 2018.

William Randolph Hearst. 12 Sept. 2007. Wikipedia Commons, Mediawiki, 8 Oct. 1910, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Randolph_Hearst.jpg. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.

“William Randolph Hearst Biography.” Biography, A&E Television Networks, 27 Apr. 2017, www.biography.com/people/william-randolph-hearst-9332973. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.

Woolf, Christopher. “Back in the 1890s, Fake News Helped Start a War.” Public Radio International, 8 Dec. 2016, www.pri.org/stories/2016-12-08/long-and-tawdry-history-yellow-journalism-america. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.