AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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“Remember to stay sane!”
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“Fly the plane!”
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“Remember the Maine!”
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“My shoes are not the same!”
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Detailed explanation-1: -The phrase, “Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!” became a rallying cry for action. Although the Maine explosion was not a direct cause, it served as a catalyst that accelerated the events leading up to the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States declared war on Spain on April 25, 1898. Americans rallied to the cause of liberating Cuba from Spain with the slogan, “Remember the Maine!” The Buffalo Soldiers started mobilizing shortly after the USS Maine exploded.
Detailed explanation-3: -The battle cry of the Spanish-American War was “Remember the Maine!” One of the main causes of the war was the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine on February 15, 1898.
Detailed explanation-4: -A slogan of the Spanish-American War. The United States battleship Maine mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, in 1898. Stirred up by the yellow press (see yellow journalism), the American public blamed the sinking on Spain, which then owned Cuba.
Detailed explanation-5: -The reasons for war were many, but there were two immediate ones: America’s support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.