USS Maine by Kate Marvel https://padlet.com/125382/f0v22eqbnlko Kate Marvel en-us 2018-03-13 17:24:04 UTC 2024-07-15 12:18:47 UTC hello@padlet.com The Maine in Cuba 125382 https://padlet.com/125382/f0v22eqbnlko/wish/241522719
  • Was sent to protect Americans and their property 
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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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  • This took place on February 15, 1898
  • A huge explosion took place on the boat
  • About 260 Americans died 
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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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    ]]>     2018-03-14 17:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/125382/f0v22eqbnlko/wish/242022457     Charles Dwight Sigsbee 125382 https://padlet.com/125382/f0v22eqbnlko/wish/242023169
  • 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”)
    • ]]>     2018-03-16 17:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/125382/f0v22eqbnlko/wish/242934803     125382 https://padlet.com/125382/f0v22eqbnlko/wish/242938962 Captain Charles Dwight Sigsbee By Charles Dwight classified as Public Domain

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    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.
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