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Maine

Battleship sent by Washington in 1898 to Cuba. Sent there for basically a "friendly visit." but actually to protect and evacuate Americans if a dangerous flare up occurred. The Maine mysteriously blew up on Feb. 15, 1898 in Havana Harbor. Americans thought that the Spanish blew it up while the Spanish claimed the explosion to be accidental. This was a spark to the Spanish- American war.

Subject: 
US History [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 29 - The Path of the Empire [2]

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