1926.251 miles from Japan for the top to the bottom
While the perpetrator still remains unknown, the US blamed Spain for the explosion, as relations between the two countries were strained over how Spain was mistreating it's colonies in Cuba. This led to the Spanish-American War, which was a US victory that led to the takeover of the Philippines and Cuba from Spain.
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The original thirteen colonies flourished and developed into what became the fifty US states, thanks to ample resources and opportunities. This country's political geography was the consequence of many treaties and conquests that resulted in the country reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
