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Meaning of Progressive Era | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s.

historical

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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