The Maine explodes

A massive explosion of unknown cause at Havana port in Cuba dropped the main state warship main, and 260 of the 400 or fewer American crews aboard were killed.

As one of the earliest US battleships, Maine weighs more than 6,000 tons and has construction costs of more than $ 2 million. After the rebellion against the rule of Spain in Havana in January, the main province was dispatched to Cuba to protect the interests of Americans.

The US Navy's official investigation court ruled in March that the ship was bombed with mines and Spain was not directly responsible for its responsibility. Many congresses and most Americans are responsible for Spain and demand declaration of declaration of war to express doubts.

The subsequent diplomatic failure to solve the Main State problem, coupled with the suppression of brutal repression of the US against the Cuban rebellion and continued investment in the United States, to the Spanish-American war in April 1898 connected.

Within three months, the United States decidedly defeated the Spanish army on land and at sea, stopped battle in August and stopped battle. On December 12, 1898, the United States and Spain signed the "Paris Convention", formally terminated the war between Spain and the United States, and awarded the first overseas empire including former Spanish property such as Puerto Rico and Guam. Filipino

In 1976, the US Navy 's investigators team concluded that the explosion in Maine could have been caused by fire rather than confusion in mines and Spain.

On February 15, 1898, the American warship was called the United States. When Maine was moored in Havana Port, the main province exploded. When the ship suddenly exploded, the ship was silently on board. The bottom of the ship was torn apart and the ship sunk, and 260 officers and subordinates died on the ship. The United States put pressure on after the US sunk. The main began to publicize that sunk was actually caused by bombs and torpedoes. American newspapers use yellow news to scare American citizens and make them think more about what happened in Maine. Yellow news means that the paper is not true, facts are missing or distorted. Yellow news is also prejudice when the manuscript is written only from one point of view (8).

In 1898, the United States helped protect civilians and businesses in Cuba during the war. This war is known as the Spanish-American war. On February 15, 1898, the American warship main exploded and sunk when visiting Cuba, America declared war with Spain. Nobody really knows the cause of a warship explosion, but the United States accuses Spain. Thousands of US forces are fighting in Cuba. Tampa, Jacksonville, Fernandina, Lakeland, Pensacola, Key West, Miami are used as US military military bases.

To enhance the pressure on Spain, the US battleship. The main was sent to the port of Havana. On the evening of February 15, Maine exploded and 252 people died. Even though they have the least benefit from the destruction of Maine state, doubt quickly concentrates on Spaniards. Even if the anti-government forces himself exploited the ship, in the United States where the rebels could not win, the war was involved in the war and the possibility that the boiler exploded was high. The media shouted to retaliate against the betrayal of Spain, and the intervention politician believed that their moment had arrived.