Comparing The Stock Market Crash, WW1, And USS Maine

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Three things I have learned about this year is the stock market crash, WW1, and USS Maine. All of these things had a big role in forming our country into what we have today. They all may not have started out as being big but they turned into some of the biggest history stories.

The Spanish american war was started because the USS Maine had been anchored in Havana Bay in Cuba. While just sitting in the Harbor it was blown up. A little while after that America declared war on the Spanish. This war is what made us like part owners of Cuba.

WW1 was a big event in History for many countries. We weren’t going to get involved with this war at first, but the Germans forced us to by sinking our ships. Many people died in this war from every

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