Utopian Movement: Improving American Society In The 19th Century
In 19th century, America was going through a rapid change. In this era, people took numerous efforts to improve American society. One of the ways they used to make this happen is by Utopian movement. Utopian movement was an effort taken to create a perfect society with people’s idea and opinions. Utopian experiments took place because people found American society in that era was imperfect with inequalities and wanted to make it perfect for everybody to live. Eventually, these communities went on to make a tremendous impact on American culture, which can be clearly seen even today.
First of all, The Shakers was one of the most successful religious communities in America. They were founded in Great Britain in 1770.They were named “shake” because