The Explosion Of The USS Maine: Was The Spanish American War Justified?

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Many Americans were confounded at the event that was, the explosion of the USS Maine in Cuba's Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. A total of 260 out of 400 ship members endured death casualties that occurred because of an explosion that happened on the vessel by unknown reasons. Newspapers immediately printed that the Spanish caused the explosion of the USS Maine, and America soon went into war with the Spanish, in which they were victorious. Various people question the rash embarkment of America engaging in war with the Spanish, and whether the war was justified at all. Even though the Spanish might have masterminded the explosion of the USS Maine, the Spanish American war was not justified because many newspapers used yellow journalism …show more content…
Almost everyday after hearing the events that took place in Cuba, newspapers glued American eyes to their taunting headlines, saying that the Spanish were guilty in the explosion of the USS Maine. The Spanish repeatedly stuck with their story of innocence, and said that they were not involved nor did they know who was involved in the explosion of the USS Maine. However, it didn't help that the Spanish ambassador called president Mckinley weak. Americans became deadlocked on their decision to implicate the Spanish, and thought that there had to be proof that showed that the Spanish had some role in the explosion of the ship.

Americans had no proof that implicated the Spanish in the explosion of the USS Maine. There were many theories that formed from the USS Maine, but their was no actual evidence that said that the explosion was intentional. People who were aboard the ship said that the explosion could have been caused by the weapon room being beside the fuel room of the USS Maine. There were also, many other speculations on what really happened on February 17, 1898. It was to late to change Americans minds on what happened on the USS Maine because tension had arose into the claim against the
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