USS Maine by Delaney Wenger https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4 Delaney Wenger en-us 2018-03-13 15:16:48 UTC 2025-11-12 16:20:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Yellow Journalism 146291 https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241436039
  • Yellow Journalism was used to convince America to go to war with Spain 
  • Many people believe William Hearst purposely used Yellow journalism to begin the war 
    • ("February 16 1898").
    ]]>     2018-03-13 15:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241436039     Amount killed/injured 146291 https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241442536
  • 286 men died 
  • Only 200 bodies were recovered and 76 were identified 
    • ("February 16 1898").
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  • Went because riots broke out in Cuba 
  • Wanted to protect the American interests that were in Cuba 
    •  ("U.S.S Maine").
    ]]>     2018-03-13 15:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241445518     Date and Location 146291 https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241446984
  • Exploded February 15, 1898
  • Exploded in Havana Harbor 
    • ("February 16 1898").
    ]]>     2018-03-13 15:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241446984     146291 https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241453408 William Hearst owned a very popular newspaper who displayed a lot of yellow Journalism about the Maine (USS Maine)]]> 2018-03-13 15:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241453408 146291 https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241454019 The USS Maine was one of the first American battleships that sank in Havana Harbor  ("U.S.S Maine").

    (William Randolph)]]>     2018-03-13 15:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241454019     146291 https://padlet.com/146291/p72ts2w9g7u4/wish/241938880 Works Cited 
    “February 16 1898: Battleship U.S.S. Maine Explodes.” PBS, www.pbs.org/crucible/tl10.html?scrlybrkr=a2c6ef04. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
    USS Maine Entering Havana Harbor. Wikipedia, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Maine_entering_Havana_harbor_HD-SN-99-01929.JPEG?scrlybrkr=1ce08735. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
    “U.S.S Maine Was Sunk.” America’s Library, www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_maine_1.html. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
    William Randolph Hearst cph 3a49373. Wikipedia, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Randolph_Hearst_cph_3a49373.jpg?scrlybrkr=1ce08735. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
    Judge-2-6-1897. Wikipedia, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
         File:Judge-2-6-1897.jpg?scrlybrkr=1ce08735. Accessed 16 Mar. 2018. 

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  • Was led to by the explosion of the Maine, after many American newspapers portrayed a negative image of Spain. 
  • The war began in April 1898
    •  ("U.S.S Maine").

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