Base your answers to questions 13 and 14 on the newspaper headlines below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
[tex]$50,000 REWARD-WHO DESTROYED THE MAINE?-$[/tex]50,000 REWARD
EDITION FOR GREATER NEW YORK
NEW YORK JOURNAL
AND ADVERTISER
NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898
DESTRUCTION OF THE WAR SHIP MAINE WAS THE WORK OF AN ENEMY
[tex]$50,000!
$[/tex]50,000 REWARD!
For the Detection of the
Perpetrator of
the Maine Outrage!
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
Convinced the Explosion of
the War Ship Was Not
an Accident.
The Journal Offers [tex]$50,000
Reward for the Conviction of the
Criminals Who Sent 258
American Sailors to Their Death.
Naval Officers Unanimous That
the Ship Was Destroyed
on Purpose.
$[/tex]50,000!
$50,000 REWARD!
For the Detection of the
Perpetrator of
the Maine Outrage!
Source: New York Journal, February 17, 1898 (adapted)
13 A historian would most likely use this document
to investigate events leading up to the
(1) annexation of Alaska
(2) war with Spain
(3) Open Door policy
(4) invasion of Mexic
14 How did United States foreign policy change in
the years immediately following this event?
(1) The United States entered a period of overseas
expansion.
(2) The United States pursued a policy of
containment.
(3) The United States became more isolated.
(4) The United States rejected the goal of
Manifest Destiny.