* The Progressive movement initially focused on reforms, but leaders soon saw overseas as a way to further their agenda. They viewed as a parallel pursuit to improving conditions for the marginalized at home. * The Spanish American war was a three-month conflict that ended Spanish rule in the Western Hemisphere and increased US territorial holdings. After the war, Spain liberated Cuba and ceded the and to the United States. Edmentum. Permission

* The Progressive movement initially focused on reforms, but leaders soon saw overseas as a way to further their agenda. They viewed as a parallel pursuit to improving conditions for the marginalized at home. * The Spanish American war was a three-month conflict that ended Spanish rule in the Western Hemisphere and increased US territorial holdings. After the war, Spain liberated Cuba and ceded the and to the United States. Edmentum. Permission