What prompted president McKinley to order the battleship USS Maine to Havana in 1897?
A) He hoped to support Cuban insurgents.
B) He wanted to protect American citizens and property from Spanish loyalists.
C) He wanted to protect the American naval station at Guantánamo Bay.
D) He was going to evacuate the stranded volunteer corps known as the "Rough Riders."
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