Explosion of USS Maine by Devon Grant https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h By Devon Grant en-us 2018-03-13 12:55:09 UTC 2026-02-02 14:47:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Why it Was There 124921 https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241335016
  • In Havana Harbor in Cuba
  • On a friendly visit to protect the interests of Americans from the Spanish 
  • (“The Maine”)
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  • February 15, 1898
  • 268 died, only 200 bodies found and 76 identified
  • ("February 16 1898")
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  • The newspapers blamed Spain
  • William Randolph Hearst offered $50,000 for the “detection of the Perpertrator of the Maine outrage”
  • ("February 16 1898")
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  • On March 28 1898, the US Naval Court of Inquiry said the Maine was destroyed by a mine, though no blame was officially made to Spain
  • The explosion made Americans want to go to war, and it was one of the main reasons why they declared war
  • (“February 16 1898”)
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  • In 1976, American naval investigators found that the explosion was likely caused by a fire that ignited the ammunition (“The Maine”)
  • Some conspiracy theorists think that Hearst might have caused the explosion to start a war (“February 16 1898”)
    • ]]>     2018-03-13 13:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241338878     Picture 1 124921 https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241340768 (Wreck of the USS Maine-Low)]]> 2018-03-13 13:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241340768 Picture 2 124921 https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241340889 (Halstead)]]> 2018-03-13 13:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241340889 William Randolph Hearst 124921 https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241341041
  • Born April 29, 1863
  • Died August 14, 1951
  • Publisher for the New York Journal
  • Supported going to war with Spain
  • Wrote dishonest and exaggerated reports, and made Americans want to go to war
  • (“William Randolph”)
    • ]]>     2018-03-13 13:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241341041     Picture of Hearst 124921 https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241341217 (William Randolph)]]> 2018-03-13 13:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241341217 Video 124921 https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241341461 (“The Sinking”)]]> 2018-03-13 13:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241341461 Works Cited 124921 https://padlet.com/124921/mcy4bxdu1n4h/wish/241341563  Works Cited 
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    Wreck of the USS Maine-Low Tide-Havana Harbor Cuba-1911. Flickr, www.flickr.com/photos/timevanson/8754703531/in/photostream/. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.

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