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  1. The quest for Cuban Independence which was the root cause.
  2. The de Lome letter which may have influenced public opinion and angered President McKinley.
  3. The Hearst newspapers which kept the issue alive, the pot boiling and the public outraged.
  4. The mysterious sinking of the USS Maine which tipped the scales against Spain with the assumption (probably wrong) that it was attacked by a mine or some other infernal device.
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