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American History Homework Nine Answers - Model (view source)
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:... And the view of the cartoonist, I’m going to say is Democratic. (Jonathan R.)
:... And the view of the cartoonist, I’m going to say is Democratic. (Jonathan R.)
:... However, the third option available to McKinley, which would be to grant the Philippines independence, is not an option to this cartoonist. I think this is shown by the cartoonist because the boy is depicted as a savage, not yet ready to take care of himself. (Nick DeJ.)
== Honors (pick 2 out of 3) ==
== Honors (pick 2 out of 3) ==
H3. Write about any issue you like relating to 1896-1920, or the recent election.
H3. Write about any issue you like relating to 1896-1920, or the recent election.
H3. What caused the USS Maine to explode?
:The USS Maine was a second-class armored battleship that was destroyed in Havana Harbor, Cuba in February of 1898. After an investigation by a US naval court it was determined that a mine had exploded under the ship killing 260 men and injuring 6 others. The newspapers sensationalized this event and reported that Spain was responsible for the explosion. Many people believed this report to be true. This event contributed to the decision of the United States Congress to declare war on Spain. War was declared at the end of April.
:In 1910, the Army Corps of Engineers raised the USS Maine. The ship was believed to be a hazard to navigating the waters. She needed to be moved. Before the ship was moved to the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico, another court convened to examine (the remains of) the vessel. This court determined that the explosion was from the ship’s magazines, which were triggered by an external blast.
:In 1976 Admiral Hyman Rickover and a group of naval officers reviewed the evidence from the previous investigations. They concluded that a coal fire started aboard the Maine and caused the magazine explosion. They found no support for the “mine theory”.
:More recently, in 1999, National Geographic did an analysis of the explosion based on computer modeling. They concluded that an inward bend to the hole in the bottom of the hull pointed to an external explosion.
:The exact cause of the explosion still remains a mystery to this day. (Nick DeJ.)