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The Spanish Ambassador releaseda letter that insulted McKinley. This angered him and triggered the war
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The American government sent the USS Maine to Cuba. However, it exploded on the way there, and the cause was unknown.
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Though Spain had ordered an armistice, the US still decided to declare war on it. They imposed a naval blockage of Cuba.
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