Explosion of the USS Maine by Isaac Schaeffer https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t Isaac Schaeffer en-us 2018-03-14 17:14:53 UTC 2025-10-29 02:34:58 UTC hello@padlet.com Setting 124886 https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242014650
  • Havana Harbor
  • 9:40pm on February 15, 1898
  • ("February 16 1898")


    • ]]>     2018-03-14 17:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242014650     Outcome 124886 https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242017920
  • 268 men killed, two-thirds of the crew
  • 200 bodies recovered and 76 identified
  • Helped lead to Spanish-American War
  • ("February 16 1898")

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  • Destroyed by submerged mine
  • Spontaneous combustion fire
  • William Randolph Hearst set explosive to start a war
  • ("February 16 1898")
    • ]]>     2018-03-14 17:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242025972     The USS Maine 124886 https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242360122
  • 6,000 tons
  • Cost $2 million
  • 400 men aboard
  • ("The Maine")
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  • William Randolph Hearst and Pulitzer
  • Spanish shown as inhuman
  • (Information Learned in Class)
    • ]]>     2018-03-15 14:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242364569     USS Maine Yellow Journalism 124886 https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242368295 World98 by New York World is licensed in the public domain.]]> 2018-03-15 14:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242368295 USS Maine Explosion Video 124886 https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242507643 ("The Story")]]> 2018-03-15 17:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242507643 Charles Dwight Sigsbee 124886 https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242518762
  • Captain of the USS Maine in 1898
  • Born in Albany, New York on January 16, 1845
  • Survived the explosion
  • Died on July 13, 1923
  • ("Charles Dwight")
    • ]]>     2018-03-15 17:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242518762     Charles Dwight Sigsbee 124886 https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242635762 Charles Dwight Sigsbee by the British Library is licensed in the public domain.]]> 2018-03-16 00:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/242635762 Works Cited 124886 https://padlet.com/124886/z747a5byao6t/wish/243449608 “Charles Dwight Sigsbee.” The Spanish-American War Centennial Website, www.spanamwar.com/sigsbee.htm. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.
    “February 16 1898: Battleship U.S.S. Maine Explodes.” PBS.org, 1999, www.pbs.org/crucible/tl10.html?scrlybrkr=ec647a83. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
    “The Maine Explodes.” History.com, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-maine-explodes#. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.
    “The Story of the USS Maine.” YouTube, 13 Nov. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JYFJU3ZJLM&feature=share. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.
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