Question

What event spurred the United States to go on war with Spain?

• A. The sinking of the Lusitania
• B. The Zimmermann Telegram
• C. The assassination of William McKinley
• D. The Spanish seizing the American garrison in Cuba at Guantanamo Bay
• E. The sinking of the USS Maine

Answer 1

The correct option is E The sinking of the USS Maine

On 25th April 1898 The united states declared a war on Spain. There were two main reason to declare war against Spain were America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S Maine in Havana Harbor on 15 February 1898.