USS Maine by Alexander Levkulich https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho Alex Levkulich en-us 2018-03-13 17:23:58 UTC 2025-09-09 11:09:44 UTC hello@padlet.com About the USS Maine 125581 https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/241531084
  • 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").
    ]]>     2018-03-13 17:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/241531084     USS Maine Sinking 125581 https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/241534585 (Photograph of the Wreckage).]]> 2018-03-13 17:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/241534585 What the USS Maine looked like Before the Explosion 125581 https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/241538943 (USS Maine).]]> 2018-03-13 17:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/241538943 Picture of William Randolph Hearst 125581 https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242008098 (William Randolph)]]> 2018-03-14 17:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242008098 About William Randolph Hearst 125581 https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242013589
  • 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”).
    • ]]>     2018-03-14 17:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242013589     About the USS Maine Explosion 125581 https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242020464
  • 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").
    • ]]>     2018-03-14 17:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242020464     Effects of the Spanish-American War 125581 https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242028320
  • 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).
    ]]>     2018-03-15 17:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242503224     Where and When did it Sink 125581 https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242505689
  • Sunk at Havana Harbor in Cuba  
  • Sunk on February 15th, 1898
    • ("U.S.S Maine").
    ]]>     2018-03-15 17:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242505689     Video Clip 125581 https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242515450 ("Sinking of the USS Maine").]]> 2018-03-15 17:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242515450 Works Cited 125581 https://padlet.com/125581/jmyiirkfcho/wish/242516723 “The Maine Explodes.” History, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-maine-explodes. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
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    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.
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