The battleship Maine: a. delivered Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders from Tampa to Cuba b. exploded in Havana Harbor and fueled calls for war with Spain c. sank the entire Spanish fleet in Manila without a single American loss of life d. disappeared at sea with no trace, but newspaper reporters claimed that Spain had ordered it sunk e. carried arms to the Cuban insurrectionists

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Romeo Acevedo

9 June, 12:39

The battleship Maine: a. delivered Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders from Tampa to Cuba b. exploded in Havana Harbor and fueled calls for war with Spain c. sank the entire Spanish fleet in Manila without a single American loss of life d. disappeared at sea with no trace, but newspaper reporters claimed that Spain had ordered it sunk e. carried arms to the Cuban insurrectionists

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b. exploded in Havana Harbor and fueled calls for war with Spain

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The battleship main was an american battleship set to protect US interest in Cuba during the Cuban war. On the 15 of February 1898, it exploded and sunk in Havana Harbor in Cuba which resulted in the loss of about 260 lives. This incident resulted in a call for America to support Cuba in the war against Spain.