Details of the explosion aboard the USS Maine, including photo links, and the response of the American media. In addition, there is information about other aspects of the Spanish American War.

Concepts

battleships, yellow journalism

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Additional Tags

joseph pulitzer, spanish-american war, charles sigsbee, spanish-american war: the spanish american war, uss maine, united states navy, william randolph hearst

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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