Progressive Era
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The Progressive Era is a period of the history of the United States that lasted from around 1890 to 1920. During this period, various social activists sought to "better" the lives of their neighbors through methods such as prohibition (of both alcoholic beverages and drugs), eugenics, and closing the borders to immigration, and more imperialism.
It wasn't all that bad though - in countries where Marxist theories of social class never had a foothold, this was when women's rights and poverty issues also had their day for the first time. Armed with a near-fanatical faith in the power of organization, they also made organizations better and introduced civil service exams to counter the spoils system.
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