What Caused The Spanish American War

Document E could be one event that caused the Spanish-American War. The USS Maine was one of the first American battleships out there in this time and it weighed more than 6,000 tons. Two weeks before the Spanish-American War, the Maine was sent out to Cuba to protect the interests of Americans due to Spanish ruling broke out in Havana. The USS Maine blew up in HAvana Harbor on February 15 1898. While travelling to Cuba, the USS Maine mysteriously blew up by going over a mine. Congress and most of the American public knew that Spain was responsible for the deaths of about 400 crew members. Shortly after this, U.S went into war with Spain known as the Spanish-American War. Spain thought blowing up the USS Maine would get them to show how much