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The Spanish destroyed it.
Explanation:
The USA wanted to claim modern day Cuba, however at the time, it was owned by the country of Spain. When the USS Maine exploded, it was blamed on the Spanish, and the USA went to war with Spain. Yellow journalism spread massively, with many blaming the Spanish for something they didn't do.
<span>Roosevelt believed Hitler and Germany were the more dangerous enemy and so had to be defeated first.
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