The USS Maine

      At the time Cuba was in a revolt against Spain trying to gain Independence.  But America was interests in Cuba because they could get raw goods such as sugar. The USS Maine was deployed to protect Cuba and in the night of February,15,1895 the ship blew up. 266 people lost their lives to the explosion. America immediately blamed Spain and a few months later we went to war against Spain.
later we found out that the gun powder exploded in the front storage compartment. Now most of the bodies are berried at Arlington national cemetery and the mast is also their.

pages 308,309 in textbook                              

                                                    Should the us be an imperial nation


                             I feel that we should not become an imperial nation because it is not rite and we are not far enough in technology. On of president Mckinley quotes was " leave the government and control of the island of cuba to its people". When he said this he is saying that he is not for becoming an imperialist nation. william jennings Bryant is against imperialism to and is said that shall we change the name of our executive and call him the president of the united states and emperor of the philippines?And last Theodore roosevelt was for imperialism and on example was It is cowardly to shrink from solving them in the proper way. Imperialism is the policy of extending a countries power and influencing through military force. and we should not become an imperial nation no matter what.