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Treaty of Paris
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William McKinley.
William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination six months into his second term -
Sinking of the Maine
USS Maine entering Havana harbor, January 1898 At 9.40 pm on the night of 15 February 1898 the United States battleship Maine, riding quietly at anchor in Havana harbor, was suddenly blown up, apparently by a mine, in an explosion which tore her bottom out and sank her, killing 260 officers and men on board. -
Yellow Journalism
journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.