The Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor in 1898. Whether or not the Spanish are to blame is debatable, but that's irrelevant: the fact is later that year Spain and America were at war.
So what if it didn't sink?
Would war happen anyways? Would America just sit passively on the sidelines as Spain's colonial empire collapsed? What the heck would happen to the Philippines?
So what if it didn't sink?
Would war happen anyways? Would America just sit passively on the sidelines as Spain's colonial empire collapsed? What the heck would happen to the Philippines?