Explosion of The USS Maine by Hali Cassel https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9 Hali Cassel en-us 2018-03-13 15:19:50 UTC 2026-01-16 21:23:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png Location and Date 125081 https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241443319
  • Havana Harbor, Cuba
  • February 15, 1898
  • (Dyal)
    • ]]>     2018-03-13 15:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241443319     Deaths 125081 https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241443735
  • 268 dead out of 400
  • (Dyal)
    • ]]>     2018-03-13 15:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241443735     William Randolph Hearst 125081 https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241450333
  • Born: 1863
  • Died: 1951
  • Yellow journalist on the explosion of the U.S.S Maine
  • Ran for mayor and attempted presidency
  • Won the election for the House of Representatives
  • (“William Randolph”)
    • ]]>     2018-03-13 15:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241450333     Who was blamed? 125081 https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241452972
  • Spain was blamed for the explosion
  • (Dyal)
    • ]]>     2018-03-13 15:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241452972     What happened? 125081 https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241453636
  • At first, it was called purposful
  • They later realized it was accidentally caused by an underwater mine
  • (Dyal)
    • ]]>     2018-03-13 15:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241453636     William Randolph Hearst 125081 https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241930984
  • (William Randolph)
    • ]]>     2018-03-14 15:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241930984     The U.S.S Maine 125081 https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241934489
  • The ship weighed more than 6,000 tons
  • Costed more than $2 million
  • Was sent to make sure American affairs were safe after part of Spain was in rebellion against Spanish rule
  • (“The Maine”)
    • ]]>     2018-03-14 15:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241934489     U.S.S. Maine 125081 https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241937601
  • (Halstead)
    • ]]>     2018-03-14 15:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241937601     Works Cited 125081 https://padlet.com/125081/u3z765dfo2p9/wish/241948631  Works Cited 
    “The Battleship U.S.S. Maine.” Youtube, uploaded by Studies Weekly, 4 Feb. 2016, youtu.be/wvflwJQxnzs. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
    Dyal, Donald H. “February 16 1898: Battleship U.S.S. Maine Explodes.” PBS Online, Great Projects Film Company, Inc., www.pbs.org/crucible/tl10.html?scrlybrkr=2ebdb1fa. Accessed 13 Mar. 2018.
    Halstead, Murat. USS Maine. 1898. Wikimedia Commons, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Maine_color_1898.jpg. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
    “The Maine Explodes.” History, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-maine-explodes. Accessed 14 Mar. 2017.
    William Randolph Hearst. Biography.com, A&E Television Networks, 27 Apr. 2017, www.biography.com/people/william-randolph-hearst-9332973. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
    “William Randolph Hearst Biography.” Biography.com, A&E Television Networks, 27 Apr. 2017, www.biography.com/people/william-randolph-hearst-9332973. Accessed 13 Mar. 2018.

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