Do Now What happened on Feb. 15, 1898?

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Do Now What happened on Feb. 15, 1898? Read reproduced article about the Maine’s sinking.

Discuss in groups… What is the Maine? What do you think the news article is about? What is Alfonso XII? In what ways could this event be a mystery?

A diver investigating the Maine

Location Killed Wounded Deaths from Disease Cuba 311 1,479 Puerto Rico 4 47 Philippines 17 115 Other 2,957 Totals 332 1,641 Total number of Americans killed in war: 3,289 Deaths from loss of USS MAINE (not included in above wartime casualties, since the MAINE sunk before a state of war existed): 260 Total loss: 3,549

George Preston letter

Create your own illustration for how you suspect the ship sank.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

What caused the explosion of the Maine? Spanish torpedoes, mines, Cuban attack

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