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“The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine caused the United States to invade Cuba in 1898.” On February 16th, 1898, the U.S.S Maine was bombed and destroyed, killing more than 250 people that were onboard. The press flooded the newspapers with headlines reading, ‘DESTRUCTION OF THE WAR SHIP MAINE WAS THE WORK OF AN ENEMY’ (words coming from Assistant Secretary Roosevelt) and ‘NAVAL OFFICERS THINK THE MAINE WAS DESTROYED BY A SPANISH MINE’ (New York Journal). Most of the information was coming from eyewitnesses and survivors who retold the horrifying story of how the ship just burst into flames. Of course, there were those who believed that this wasn’t an act of terrorism or violence as Secretary Long said, “I do not [have a reason to think this was work of the enemy].” but this was merely because Captain Sigsbee had yet to report on the incident. …show more content…
Beveridge. The United States was not only entitled to invading Cuba for the protection and safety of its people but also to present to the nations that are being guarded or held down by an oppressing power that if they fight of their freedoms and their rights, they too would grow to be as prosperous as Cuba was. They would no longer be brought down or feel as if they have a chain tied to their ankle by their ruler as Cuba is portrayed (Miss Cuba Receives an Invitation). Hence why the Monroe Doctrine was popular because it was basically sending that message to Europe that it isn’t all that and that the U.S wasn’t and isn’t going to be the only region it loses its reign

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