Welcome to your next Social Studies project!!!

Over the next few days we will be exploring the Spanish-American War and more importantly the impact of Yellow Journalism on the War!

So lets get started!

STEP 1:

One of the main causes of the Spanish-American War was the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine off the coast of Cuba. Look at this map and locate Cuba.

Now watch this video to get a sense of what happened to the U.S.S. Maine




Now that you have watched the clip I want you to answer the following questions (do this by adding a comment after this post):

What was the U.S.S. Maine?

What happened to it?

Why would this upset people?

What would you want done after this happened (what actions would you want your government to take?)

If you need to, please rewatch the video so that you can fully answer the questions.