In 1898, February 15. 9:40pm In Havana Harbor a battleship exploded with in 268 men dead and drown.Later on that day we found 200 Men wounded and recovered and 76 men identified. The sinking of this ship belongs to the U.S.S Maine, which had been in Havana since Feb 15, 1898. It was an Official Observation visit. The Pre-War between the U.S and Spain and it became very scary. In 1895-1898 Cuba and Philippine Island Had a meet to revolted Spain. Spain didn’t like the way they had in mind so spain did something that they didn’t know. On March 28, 1898, the U.S Naval Court of Inquiry found that the Maine was destroyed by a suberged mine. Although the blame was never was placed on the Spain. the implication was clear.The recent researches suggests
A. sank the entire Spanish fleet in Manila without a single American loss of life
I think the ship blew up from a mechanical error inside the ship because, Cuba wouldn’t want to go to war with the US and there is a lot of evidence to the mechanical error. In a video called “The End of the USS Maine” by Badger 9988 it talks about a couple of theories but focuses on the theory that it was a mechanical error. The people in the video perform an experiment
The USS Indianapolis sink July 30, 1945. Many sailors dead. The people know how they died,
The sinking of the Maine (1898) occurred in Havana, Cuba and the sinking of the Panay (1937) occurred in Chinese waters but both resulted in Americans dead and wounded. When the Maine was sunk
What was the Spanish-American war? The Spanish-American war was a short time period war that left a huge impact in America. They had no idea what it would led it or never thought that it would killing more than 500 lives. In Chapter twenty in the text book “Out of the Many “and the article “American Manhood and Declaring war on Spain”, discusses about the main parts of events that led to the Spanish-American war. The United States became involved with many foreign affairs in the late nineteen centuries.
The Spanish-American war was fueled by many things, including the main idea of expanding the “manifest destiny” ideology. This war differed from the civil war because it was not for freedom or rights; it was the impact yellow journalism made on U.S citizens. Hearst and Pulitzer from New York slandered the news of the guerilla warfare happening in Cuba. They distorted the news in their newspapers; and this worked because at the time newspapers were the prime source of communication. As soon as the citizens began tuning in on the newspapers, citizens felt involved in the aid of the Cubans. They wanted to stop them from being suppressed by the Spanish. If they did this, they would not only have a more secure investment in the coal and sugar
December 7th, 1941, was the day 2,403 Americans lost their lives and 1,200 wounded during the Japanese air raid, on Pearl Harbor. On this day, the US Navy lost almost the entire Pacific Fleet in the harbor. After the attack, all the ships were either sunk or severally damaged minus the aircraft carriers. The aircraft carriers luckily were still at sea. The total number of military personnel killed was 2,335, including 2,008 navy personnel, 109 marines, and 218 army. Added to this were 68 civilians, making the total 2403 people dead. 1,177 men alone were from the USS Arizona.
The New York Times suggests that the destruction of the war ship Maine was the American’s fault and it would be unsupported and ridiculous to blame the Spanish. For example, the New York Times stated, “He did not believe that the Spanish or Cubans in Havana had either the information or the equipment necessary to blow up the magazine, while the Maine was under guard.” The destruction of Maine was an accident committed by the Americans. For instance, the New York Times stated, “So long as he has not made a decision, I certainly cannot. I should think from the signs however, that there was an accident-that the magazine exploded.” This is significant because a widely-known source shown here (the New York Times) further validates that the Americans may be mistaken in blaming the Spanish. In conclusion, the absence of proper evidence leads many to believe that the Americans accidentally destructed the warship Maine, not the
An American ship named the U.S.S Maine sunk in the harbor of Havana. The ship sunk all because of a monster, this monster is better known as Spain. The U.S.S Maine was sent to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt against Spain. Spain had to have been the monster to blow up the U.S.S Maine. There is nobody or nothing else to blame. We all must stand up against Spain and fight. Spain is the reason for the sinking of the U.S.S Maine and for the death of almost three quarters of the crew. America must stand and fight against this horrible monster. We can not forget this day and the death of the crew and the sinking of the ship. America is a strong nation and will fight against Spain and its actions. We must stand strong against this
War of 1812 and industrialization- The british blockade forced the united states to develop its own industries
Write a report on the topic of your choice involving isolationism or United States involvement
Spain and the United States began relations in the earliest days of North America’s colonization. Spain’s settlements in Florida, followed by other colonies in Louisiana, Texas, and the Southwest and California, meant that early American colonists would come into contact and later into conflict with the Spanish. In the early days of the American Revolutionary War, Spain assisted the Americans in their struggle for independence. Many years later, relations between Spain and the U.S. deteriorated and war broke out; in recent decades, however, the countries began repairing economic relations once again.
While public tensions before August 1898 were surely high, nothing turned the public against Spain like the tragic blowing up of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor. The lives of 260 American officers and men were lost. The yellow press and American investigators quickly blamed spanish officials in Cuba for the mysterious wreck. Although it is extremely unlikely that the spanish had anything to do with the Maine’s sinking, the War-Mad American public accepted this conclusion out of rage, overwhelmingly persuading President Mckinley to begin the war. McKinley personally did not want to fight a war against Spain, for he had seen enough bloodshed as a General in the Civil War. But the public, encouraged by the Cuban patriotic cause, yellow journalism, and the sinking of the Maine, clamored for a war. Finally, President McKinley yielded and gave the people what they wanted. He believed that the people should rule, even if they don’t know what’s best for themselves. Public pressure was the main reason we went to war with Spain, and the biggest cultivator of public unrest was the blowing up of “The Maine”.
The battleship, USS Marine was stationed in Havana’s harbor to protect American interest in Cuba. An explosion destroyed the vessel on February 15, 1898. “A naval court of inquiry blamed the explosion on a mine, further inflaming public sentiment against Spain” (HIS104 U.S. History Since 1877 30-Jun-2008, OL20). Again, the press stirred up the public with stories and headlines of a Spanish conspiracy. American now demanded revenge for the deaths of 266 sailors (Faragher, J., 2008, Out of Many). President McKinley demanded that Spanish government end brutality of the Cuban people, engage in armistice, and promise the eventual independence of Cuba. Upon Spain’s refusal, McKinley asked for a declaration of war. (HIS104 U.S. History, Lecture, 30-Jun-2008, OL20). “In order to assure the world that it was fighting only for the good of Cuba and not for colonial gain, the US passed the Teller Amendment, which promised to make Cuba independent after the war was over” (SparkNotes: The Spanish American War, 1898-1901: Summary).
The quote "A Splendid little war" by Secretary of State John Hay summarizes the Spanish American War in 1898. While this war could be seen as an act of aggression by the 20th century standards this war was beneficial to the United States of America while being deviating to the Kingdom of Spain for many reasons.