Congress authorization of $50 million for war preparation after the destruction of the u. s.s. maine was an example of

This was an example of Jingoism.

That's when you create extremely nationalistic and patriotic policies that are often related to aggressive foreign relations and waging wars. They didn't even blink yet and the war had already started and the funds were approved and the war began.

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