The Spanish American war took place in the year of 1898. One of the leading causes of the war was the blowing up of USS <span>The Maine. In addition, the term yellow journalism used to refer to newspaper stories that may not be true but gain public appeal were growing, and it was causing some exaggeration of stories and Anti-Spanish propaganda. Leading figures of these newspapers are Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. As a result of the war, the US annexed Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and Hawaii. </span>
<span>The power of the governor resulted to
the balance of legislative and administrative powers. It is because it cannot
be agreed that only one person has all the power. One of the limitations is that they
may only be empowered to call on special legislative sessions with a given urgent
and priority agenda already at hand.</span>
<span>The Progressives believed then as they do today, that this rapidly changing society required the establishment of a “new order”. Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, John Dewey and Charles Merriam were early political leaders of the movement.
Below are </span><span>convictions did progressive reformers share
</span><span>1)believed that industrialization and urbanization had produced serious social disorders, from city slums to corporate abuses, 2)they believed that new ideas and methods were required to correct these problems, 3)they rejected the ideology of individualism in favor of broader concepts of social responsibility, and sought to achieve social order through organization and efficiency, and 4)they believed that government itself, as the organized agent of public responsibility, should address social and economic problems</span>
