Progressive Era Warmup

Should historians continue to treat the Progressive Era as its own period in American history?

The Progressive Era should be treated as its own period in American history because the ideology of this period differed drastically from the preceding years of the Reconstruction Era and Gilded Age, as major strides were being taken to advance marginalized groups and reform society as a whole.
This is evident in the passing of the Dawes Act, which worked to improve the lives of Native Americans and advance their opportunity in society. However, this can be refuted by the still unequal status of non-white Americans and women in the United States, who were unable to vote in all but a few Western states.