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    Prison Reform Movement

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    nPrison Reform Movement Messiah‚ Katherine‚ Ezequiel‚ Nancy and Christopher Prison Reform- The attempt to improve conditions inside prison aiming at a more effective penal system Prisons have only been used as the primary punishment for criminal acts in the last couple of centuries. Far more common earlier were various types of corporal punishment‚ public humiliation‚ penal bondage‚ and banishment for more severe offences‚ as well as capital punishment. United States- In colonial America‚ punishments

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    Morse created the telegraph and by 1860‚ this ranged throughout the east coast to the Mississippi. Railroads became very important to the trade throughout the United States. By the start of the Civil War‚ railroads linked the most important Mid-West cities with the Atlantic coast. Railroads eventually opened the west and connected raw materials to factories and markets. A transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869 in Promontory‚ Utah. On March 3‚ 1820‚ The Missouri Compromise bill‚ written

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    Educational Reform Movement In the early 1800s education in American wasn ’t the best. Most schools were small and only went for 6 weeks because the children worked on their family farms. Other‚ more wealthy‚ children would have a tutor in their homes or they would be sent to a private school. The children that did go to school would sit in a one room building with 60 other children. The teachers also didn ’t have much training and has limited knowledge to teach the children. They also received

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    Reform Movements in the United States A reform movement is a kind of social movement that aims to make gradual change‚ or change in certain aspects of society‚ rather than rapid or fundamental changes. A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary movements. Reformists’ ideas are often grounded in liberalism‚ although they may be rooted in socialist or religious concepts. Some rely on personal transformation; others rely on small collectives‚ such as

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    Reform movements including religion‚ temperance‚ abolition‚ and women’s rights sought to expand democratic ideals in the years 1825 to 1850. However‚ certain movements‚ such as nativism and utopias‚ failed to show the American emphasis on a democratic society. The reform movements were spurred by the Second Great Awakening‚ which began in New England in the late 1790’s‚ and would eventually spread throughout the country. The Second Great Awakening differed from the First in that people were now believed

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    Andrew Jackson began a whole new era in American history. During the Jacksonian period‚ Andrew’s greatest accomplishment was the development of the "common man". This development showed man’s interest in government and tailoring democracy to satisfy the same ordinary mans wants. He practiced involving the “common man” in issues such as politics and reform movements. The Jacksonian period‚ in fact‚ did live up to its characterization of fulfilling the needs of the “common man”. Involving the “common

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    Reform Movements: Part B

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    List several evils that the reformers of the period 1820-1860 tried to eliminate. Gender inequality and slavery were the two biggest evils that reformers tried eliminating in the time period. The abolition of slavery had many reformers behind it. Two very important men trying to achieve this were Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison‚ a white man‚ going to show there was support from all types of people. Two of the women’s rights advocates were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sarah Grimke. They

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    In the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ middle class Americans saw the need for changes. Reform was needed in society‚ politics‚ and economics. The problems of overcrowding in cities‚ corruption in government‚ as well as unsafe and indifferent working conditions all needed to be addressed. A wide variety of people advocated for major reforms that would make the United States more democratic‚ but Progressive Reformers differed on their goals‚ as well as their methods. This lack of an ability

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    DBQ Reform movements relating to temperance‚ abolition‚ and women’s rights ‚ etc. were put into operation during the time period of 1825-1850. The instability of America caused democratic leaders to change America and transform it to accommodate democratic ideals. Numerous utopian societies such as brook farm‚ the shakers‚ and the Oneida community accepted the fact that men and women were able to live equally and peacefully. Unfortunately‚ these utopian societies eventually failed to

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    There were many reasons that led up to the American Reform Movement. The Antebellum period was categorized by the rise of abolition‚ which is the act of putting an end to slavery‚ and by the difference of opinions in the idea of abolition. Also‚ the country’s economy began changing due to the North starting to manufacture goods‚ because of the Industrial Revolution. Also‚ the South started to make a huge shift in the economy because of the numerous amounts of cotton that was being introduced. According

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