Sierra Watson
The sinking
The beginning of the spanish american war, was mostly resolved around the sinking of the U.S maine. Tensions between the spanish and americans was very tense. There are many pros and cons to "sinking the U.S maine". One con of the sinking is the americans lost a fabulous ship. When riots broke out in Havana, it alerted Washington's out look on Americans safety.Washington then sent out the second class battle ship,the U.S Maine. In Washington's case it was a good call to try and protect out people, and it was a good call.The powder that caused the explosion was unseen until the explosion causing the bottom of the harbor to be filled with water. Most of Washington's men were sleeping in the bottom of the ship. 266 soilders died from these events. Shortly after the sinking , the "yellow press" instantly started blaming spain. SPain got inferiors with the rumors soon later the conflict started an outbreak.
sources : http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq71-1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1)
