Question

what happened first?-the u.s battleship maine exploded and sank in the harbor at havana, cuba, or the u.s declared war on spain?

Answer 1

The u.s battleship maine exploded and sank in the harbor at havana, cuba happened a couple of months before the u.s declared war on spain.

Battleship: Feb. 15 1898
War:  April 25, 1898