Okay, so on the 15th of February, Jennifer and I were sitting in Chemistry and she was reading an AP US History study book and she came upon something that had happened on that exact day 109 years ago. It was the sinking of the USS Maine. It was sunk in Havana harbor on February 15, 1989. We though it was funny because it was an anniversary of it so when we got to Carne's class, we asked him if he was aware that it was the 109th anniversary of the sinking of the Maine and he was like "Was it? Oh yeah! It was blown up!" Then today, i was doing the key terms for chapter 27 and the Maine was one of the terms. I thought it was funny. It also had a picture of it in the book. Below I have the Picture and after that is the definition that I worte for the term.
 Maine - battleship that was sent to Cuba, ostensibly for a “friendly visit” but actually to protect and evacuate Americans if a dangerous flare-up should occur and to demonstrate Washington’s concern for the island’s stability. Tragedy struck on February 15, 1898, when the Maine mysteriously blew up in Havana harbor, with a loss of 260 sailors. The Spaniards concluded that the explosion had been internal and presumably accidental; the Americans argued that the blast had been caused by a submarine mine. Not until 1976 did U.S. Navy admiral H. G. Rickover confirm the original Spanish finding with over-whelming evidence that the initial explosion had resulted from spontaneous combustion in one of the coal bunkers adjacent to a powder magazine. Labels: carne, us history, uss maine |
