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href='http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=53' >De Lome Letter</a> Letter that the Spaniash ambassador De Lome published that was published in newspapers in the U.S which called President McKinley a "weak" politician. Shortly afterwards, The U.S.S Maine was sent to Cuba to protect the lives and property of Americans. The letter rised tensions between the US and Spanish.
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President McKinley asked Congress to declare war on April 21st, in reponse Spain severed diplomatic with the United States. In reponse to that, the U.S Navy made a blockade in Cuba which caused Spain to declare war.