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Progressive Era

Progressive Era proper noun: a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s.

Proper noun

the Progressive Era

  1. (historical) A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s.
    • The Progressive Era brought a wholesale restructuring of social and political institutions, largely in response to the economic and social transformations of the post‐Reconstruction era, and reform became a driving force during the early twentieth century.2012, William A. Link, Susannah J. Link, editors, The Gilded Age and Progressive Era: A Documentary Reader, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 8

Questions about Progressive Era

What does Progressive Era mean?
Progressive Era means a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s.
What part of speech is Progressive Era?
Progressive Era is a proper noun.

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