1. AIM: Who sunk the USS Maine?
Do Now: Study for quiz.
HW 4 due Friday

2. What is the controversy surrounding the sinking of the USS Maine?

3. What does each headline imply?
Which would you want to read first?

5. Explosion of the USS Maine Havana Harbor, Feb. 15, 1898

6. “REMEMBER THE MAINE, TO HELL WITH SPAIN!”

7. “Awake United States!” According to this song, who sunk the Maine?
This song was rushed into print between the sinking of the Maine on February 15, 1898, and the declaration of war on April 25, 1898.
Eagle soar on high, and sound the battle cry!
And how proudly sailed the warship Maine,
a Nation’s pride, without a stain!
A wreck she lies, her sailors slain.
By two-faced butchers, paid by Spain!
Eagle soar on high,
And sound the battle cry
Wave the starry flag!
In mud it shall not drag!

8. Who sunk the USS Maine?
Think-Pair-Share: Read your doc. and answer the questions with your partner
Turn and Talk: with the group behind you comparing your documents
Consensus: As a group, who do you think sunk the USS Maine?

9. Exit Ticket Should the US have gone to war with Spain? Why or why not?