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Erik Larson’s argument is correct since he has so much evidence in the novel that explains the forces and reasons of the ship’s sinking and strongly analyzes his claims and directs quotes to support them. For example, “Perfectly safe; safer than the trolley cars in New York City..” “We just laughed it off, and said they would never get us, we were too quick, too speedy.”

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

However, in Spain there was a belief of the United States planning the explosion to began a war. With all of the tension between the two countries, about two months after the attack, there was an outbreak of warfare known as the Spanish-American War. The attack on the ship was in February of 1898 and the war began in April of the same year. It ended in August, 1898 when both countries signed the Treaty of Paris guaranteeing Cuban independence, and forcing Spain to sign Guam and Puerto Rico over to the United States.

B has to be true because at 9:40 pm on February 15 1898, the U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor.The

11. How long did hostilities last between the US and Spain once they began in 1898?

Before dawn on May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey's flagship Olympia led seven U.S. Navy cruisers and gunboats into Manila Bay. By 8 AM that morning Dewey's squadron had located and destroyed virtually the entire Spanish naval forces in the Philippines. Damage to the American ships was very little, and their crews suffered no fatalities and few injuries.

to the explosion America decided that Spain was involved and that there should be a war. This is

What happened to a lot of the individuals people wonder? Well the Maine exploded because the ship ammunition supplies blew up, and the Americans lost 266 people. No one really knows why how the explosion happened but many Americans blame Spain for this event. This crazy crisis caused the Spanish American War.

This was one of reasons that President McKinley saw a need to intervene in Cuba in January 1899. McKinley had lost his faith in Spain’s ability to bring peace to Cuba and did not want to lose Americans investments in the country. So He and Washington then ordered the U.S.S. Maine to Havana harbor in order to demonstrate the US’s concern and to protect American investments. On January 15th an explosion caused the Maine to sink killing 266 of the 354 American’s on board. The naval board investigating the explosion of the Maine initially reported that a mine was the cause of the explosion. This led Americans to blame Spain for the event, and led Congress to vote unanimously with McKinley’s request for $50 million in defense funds. This event made McKinley’s

The U.S.S Maine was a battleship built by America between 1888 and 1895. It was sent to protect American Interests. On February 15 the forward gunpowder magazines exploded causing the U.S.S Maine to sink. This actual cause of the explosion is unknown but Spain ended up getting all the blame for this. So that raises the question, if the cause of the explosion was unknown, why do the Americans believe that the spanish are behind it? If the cause was unknown, then Spain should not be to blame because there is no actual concrete evidence that proves they were behind it. Americans are profound to believe that is was easier to blame Spain and use the exploding ship as a cover up for faulty equipment. That being said, Spain could be completely innocent

Indeed, contemporaries frequently pointed to violations of U.S. neutrality at sea as the most shocking hostility of belligerents. The sensationalist newspapers of the 1890s quickly published dramatized accounts of Spain’s alleged involvement in the sinking of the USS Maine, which resulted in the deaths of 261 American crewmembers. The battleship had been sent to Havana Harbor in order to monitor the

In it, Dupuy referred to the United States President William McKinley as “weak and catering to the rabble” well standing with “the jingos of his party.” In a response to being “weak” McKinley ordered the battleship Maine to Havana as a show of force. However, with the island nation was short in its time. The massive explosion of the Maine causing one third of the ship to be destroyed ended any immediate or lengthy positon of calm between nations. A naval board of inquiry, which lacked technical expertise, held a four-week investigation that concluded a mine had destroyed the ship. As a result, blame flew in many directions, but it was mostly put on the Spanish. Without the De Lome letter, perhaps none of this would have

It is important to read historical accounts of other countries in regard to analyzing the Spanish-American War because it helps to paint a more full picture of what caused the war. From one perspective only a partial story is told, which can seem bias or can be completely wrong. This is seen in the Spanish-American War from the perspective of Americans. It would seem that it is the Spanish’s fault for the destruction of the USS Maine, but once a different perspective is taken, it is realized that the explosion came from the inside of the USS Maine. We know it came from the inside because the hull of the wreckage is pointing outwards. This means the U.S. Maine was exploded intentionally to spark conflict, meaning it wasn’t the Spanish’s fault.

After doing some research, I found my position on the issue. I believe the sinking of the Maine was an internal explosion. After years of investigation in the 1900s, they did not come up with a specific reason for the explosion. However, some Americans blamed Spain. As you may know the effect of this explosion was the Spanish-American war. Which gave Cuba independence and America gained leadership of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

In 1937, there was a Spanish civil war, there was a huge bombardment in Guernica in 1937, a Spanish