An important event influencing the U.S. decision to declare war with Spain in 1898 was the

A) sinking of the battleship Maine.
B) Zimmermann Note.
C) Democratic victory in the mid-term election of 1898.
D) Republican defeat in the election of 1896.
E) sinking of the luxury liner Lusitania.


Answer: A

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