Usually means: Decade of industrialization and expansion.
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▸ noun:  the decade from 1850 to 1859

Similar:
1840s, 1830s, 1860s, 1880s, 1870s, 1820s, 1800s, 1750s, 1810s, 1890s, more...

Opposite:
2010s, modern, contemporary, present day

Types:
1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, more...

Adjectives:
early, late, middle, mid, prosperous, turbulent, tumultuous, reactionary, troubled, earlv, 1800



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Similar:
1840s, 1830s, 1860s, 1880s, 1870s, 1820s, 1800s, 1750s, 1810s, 1890s, more...

Opposite:
2010s, modern, contemporary, present day

Types:
1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, more...

Adjectives:
early, late, middle, mid, prosperous, turbulent, tumultuous, reactionary, troubled, earlv, 1800



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