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Which event fueled american jingoism and inflamed relations with spain

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The publication of a letter written by the Spanish ambassador that insulted the presidentnovanet.
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There were two events that fueled American jingoism and inflamed relations with Spain. One was the letter written by Dupuy de Lome, a high Spanish official in the United States, who insulted President McKinley in a letter to a friend in Cuba. The other event that fueled jingoism was the sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana port, two hundred and sixty American sailors died.

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