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16) One hundred years after the USS Maine sank in Havana harbor, the United States Post Office issued a stamp about the event with the caption "Remember the Maine." At the time of the sinking and afterward, many people had an incorrect understanding of what happened. Despite this, why would the sinking of the Maine still be considered important enough to be remembered 100 years later? *

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Misconceptions about how the Maine sank shifted public sentiment toward getting involved in a war.

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