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"Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain!" The USS Maine is one of the very most famous ships in American record but also for all the incorrect reasons. A symbol of naval durability in the overdue 19th hundred years, the Maine's tragic destiny is educated to students across the nation not just because it was a disaster but because it is from the most notorious types of yellow journalism in the country's record and ultimately caused a war, even though it's still unclear what caused the ship's explosion. In 1898 one of Spain's previous possessions in the New World, Cuba, was waging a conflict for self-reliance against Spain. Though Cuba was technically exempted from the United Expresses' Monroe Doctrine, since Cuba was already a ownership of Spain when the Monroe Doctrine was granted, many Americans believed that the United States should side with Cuba against Spain. At the same time, however, President William McKinley wished to avoid getting entangled in a conflict between outsiders while Spain also wished to avoid any conflict with the United States and its powerful navy. Despite market leaders hoping to stay above the fray, American economic hobbies were being harmed by the ongoing conflict between Cuban nationalists and Spain, as retailers' trading with Cuba was troubled given that the island was considering conflict. Furthermore the American press capitalized on the ongoing Cuban have difficulties for self-reliance, which had been flaring up time and again since 1868. In order to sell documents, the press frequently sensationalized testimonies, which had become known as yellow journalism, and during the run-up to conflict, yellow journalism multiply false testimonies about the Cuban conflict in order to market newspapers in the competitive NEW YORK market.
