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(“The Battleship”)

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Works Cited

“The Battleship U.S.S. Maine.” Youtube, uploaded by Studies Weekly, 4 Feb. 2016, youtu.be/wvflwJQxnzs. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.

Dyal, Donald H. “February 16 1898: Battleship U.S.S. Maine Explodes.” PBS Online, Great Projects Film Company, Inc., www.pbs.org/crucible/tl10.html?scrlybrkr=2ebdb1fa. Accessed 13 Mar. 2018.

Halstead, Murat. USS Maine. 1898. Wikimedia Commons, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Maine_color_1898.jpg. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.

“The Maine Explodes.” History, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-maine-explodes. Accessed 14 Mar. 2017.

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

“William Randolph Hearst Biography.” Biography.com, A&E Television Networks, 27 Apr. 2017, www.biography.com/people/william-randolph-hearst-9332973. Accessed 13 Mar. 2018.

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(Halstead)

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The ship weighed more than 6,000 tons

Costed more than $2 million

Was sent to make sure American affairs were safe after part of Spain was in rebellion against Spanish rule

(“The Maine”)

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(William Randolph)

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At first, it was called purposful

They later realized it was accidentally caused by an underwater mine

(Dyal)

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Spain was blamed for the explosion

(Dyal)

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Born: 1863

Died: 1951

Yellow journalist on the explosion of the U.S.S Maine

Ran for mayor and attempted presidency

Won the election for the House of Representatives

(“William Randolph”)

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268 dead out of 400

(Dyal)

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Havana Harbor, Cuba

February 15, 1898

(Dyal)