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How did the explosion of the battleship USS Main hasten the US going to war?
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The USS Maine was docked in Cuba, which was held by the Spanish. THe USS Maine exploded suspected to be caused by the Spanish, (It really wasn't). But the news papers in the US blamed the Spanish for it. The public was outraged along with the fact that the Spanish Ambassador said the US President was weak, and that the Spanish had work camps for Cubans. The US Government did what the US people wanted, and went to war.
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∙ 11y agoThe sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor was an unprovoked, open attack on a US Navy vessel.
The battle cry, "Remember the Maine!" rang out around the country.
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How did the explosion of the battleship main contribute to the beginning of the spanish-American war?
the report by the naval board of inquiry about the explosion was used to blame Spain for the attack
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the report by the naval board of inquiry about the explosion was used to blame Spain for the attack
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The Maine was a U.S. Battleship that blew up in Havana harbor. Most of the U.S. newspapers at the time blamed the explosion on the Spanish, who controlled Cuba at the time. The explosion of the Maine was one of the main triggers for the Spanish-American war that followed. Carefull modern investigation indicated that the suspicion that the Spanish blew up the Maine was almost certainly wrong and that it was likely due to some kind of accident on the Maine itself.
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