Lewis Charles Levin I believe
What passage?......................................
The gay 20s everyone was happy
<span>Congress approved $50 million that McKinley requested to prepare for war after C. the Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor.
Although it was unclear at the time what caused the explosion, the American immediately blamed Span after the Spanish minister to the US called President McKinley a weak leader. As a result, the President set aside a large sum of money in order to prepare for war with Spain.
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it helped convince U.S. leaders to send american troops to fight in Europe
