Which of the following sentences best describes the progressive era?
it was a period in which many social reforms occurred.
it was a period of unchecked abuses by big business.
it was a period of civil war and the end of slavery.
it was a period of westward expansion under the idea of manifest destiny

It was a period in which many social reforms occurred.

Explanation:

The Progressive Era was a period of reform in the history of the United States that spanned approximately from the 1890s to the 1920s. Antitrust laws, Dry Law, female suffrage and federal income tax arose during this time. , like many of the social reforms that shape the way we live and work today.

3. republican abraham lincoln

4. south carolina

5. charleston, south carolina

6. confederates

7. minie bullet - made defense even safer, it spun faster, traveled further and was five times more accurate than any single-man weapon. able to kill at half a mile, it was the largest contributor to battle wounds

      or the the gatling gun - the most successful of several rapid-fire guns that were born before the war. its efficiency in killing only made war more deadly.

idk which one u learned about. pick one.

8. the south was fighting to maintain its way of life, whereas the north was fighting to maintain a union. so they had will, and the north were fighing on unfamiliar territory

9. union had the large population, people to fight in the war and work in the factories to make war materials, industrial base, the factories to make these war materials. the union also was wealthier than the confederacy and could finance the war.

10. stonewall jackson

11. chancellorsville

12. gettysburg

13. sherman

some of these might be wrong but i tried my best.   : )

i think it is true i hope this is