True.
On 15 February 1898.
gentlemens agreement
The Maine sunk before the Spanish-American War.
The explosion aboard the U.S.S. Maine started the Spanish American War.
The battleship Maine exploding in Havana Harbor triggered the Spanish-American war. Hurst and Pulitzer newspapers drummed up support for the war using the Maine as the main cause.
The mysterious sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor became the Casus belli of the Spanish American War.
The USS Maine.
Sigsbee
Because of the sinking of the USS Maine.
The sinking of the USS Maine.
Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War, lasted about 6 months, in 1898.