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There were many reform movements that have happened in America. Some of these include suffrage, equality, socialism, populism, and abolition.
the person who was important to the abolition movement in america was andrew jackson
In the United States especially, there was the temperance movement. Women came in droves to protest the women inequality in America. Some other parts were child labor, abolition and prison reforms.
The rapid growth of cities was bringing about overcrowding and crime, as well as a major rise in urban poverty and disease. Social reformers saw these things and felt compelled to work to eradicate them, or at least put measures in place to help deal with them.
There have been several cultural movements that have influenced America. One huge example is the Progressive Movement of the 1800s, which included the creation of labor laws and standards for food and living. Another movement was the Civil Rights movement during the 1960s, which included the end of segregation and the abolition of institutional racism.
Abolition did change America in that skin color was no longer used to access the ability of someone to accomplish a given task or assignment.
The abolition of slavery in America, led to the freeing of slaves. But, it also forced freed slaves to have to survive in a country that still has racism to this very day.
Important reform movements in America during the mid-1800s include: the Second Great Awakening (Christian revival movement), Women's Reform & Abolition (women & blacks faced many restrictions, setbacks & limitations that segregated & oppressed them in society).
Religion, Transcendentalists, Temperance, Public Education, Abolition, Woman's Rights, Utopian Communities, Prison Reform. people to look into: Lyman Beecher, Henry David Thoreau, Horace Mann, Dorothea Dix, William Lloyd Garrison, Fredrick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Staton, Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Catherine Beecher, John Humphrey Noyes, William Chandler, Neal Dow
prohibition dealt with the abolition of alcohol in America