Explosion of the USS Maine by Damien Say https://padlet.com/150583/oegswbec81ao American Expansionism Project en-us 2018-03-13 12:05:08 UTC 2023-02-23 03:36:25 UTC hello@padlet.com When 150583 https://padlet.com/150583/oegswbec81ao/wish/241314375
  • Exploded on February 15, 1898
  • (“The USS Maine”)

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  • Havana Harbor 
  • (“The USS Maine”)
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  • Killed 268 men
  • Only 200 bodies found and 76 identified
  • (“The USS Maine”)
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  • The Maine was one of the first American battleships
  • Costed of 2 million dollars to build
  • The Maine was sent to Cuba after riots broke out in Havana and to protect American interest there
  • (“The USS Maine”)
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  • They believed that is was sunken by a mine 
  • Others thought it was a malfunction in the ship
  • Spain was blamed for this event
  • (“The USS Maine”)
    • ]]>     2018-03-13 12:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/150583/oegswbec81ao/wish/241317509     150583 https://padlet.com/150583/oegswbec81ao/wish/241809391 (USS Maine)]]> 2018-03-14 11:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/150583/oegswbec81ao/wish/241809391 150583 https://padlet.com/150583/oegswbec81ao/wish/241810014 (USS Maine)]]> 2018-03-14 11:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/150583/oegswbec81ao/wish/241810014 150583 https://padlet.com/150583/oegswbec81ao/wish/241817387 (“USS Maine”)]]> 2018-03-14 12:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/150583/oegswbec81ao/wish/241817387 Captain Charles Dwight Sigsbee 150583 https://padlet.com/150583/oegswbec81ao/wish/241826612
  • Captain Charles was an oceanographer 
  • most remembered for being the Captain of the USS Maine which exploded in Havana, Cuba
  • Also captain of the USS Texas
  • He was born on January 16, 1845
  • He died on July 13, 1923
  • (Captain Charles).
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    Captain Charles Dwight Sigsbee. 1899. Wikipedia Commons, 7 Feb. 2014,
    commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Captain_Charles_Dwight_Sigsbee.jpg.

    USS Maine. 1898. Wikipedia Commons, 5 Apr. 2006, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Maine_ACR-1_in_Havana_harbor_before_explosion_1898.jpg.

    “USS Maine Sinks, Leading to Spanish-American War.” YouTube, uploaded by We Are The Mighty, 15 Feb. 2018, youtu.be/EZua_5r3RbE.

    “The USS Maine Was Sunk.” America’s History, The Library of Congress, www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_maine_2.html.
    USS Maine Wrecked. 1898. Wikipedia Commons, 5 Jan. 2013, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Maine_wrecked_in_Havana_Bay.png.

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