Question

Based on what you learned in this lesson, discuss the social reforms that shaped the nation in the 1800s. What do you think have been the lasting impacts of the Reform Era? How do these reforms influence society today? What do you think were the most important social reforms and why?

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Answer 1

The reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in America focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of Native Americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions. The abolition of slavery was one of the most powerful reform movements. Quakers and many churches in New England saw slavery as an evil that must be abolished from society. They targeted slave owners who profited off of enslaved people's labor.

Answer 2

What do you think have been the lasting impacts of the Reform Era? Some social reforms that have made a lasting impact in the 1800s include abolition of slavery(antislavery), education reform, temperance, abolish the imprisonment for dept, and women's rights. How do these reforms influence society today? The education reform transformed school structures with the aim of raising the quality of education, which they accomplished. It also helped with equality for African Americans and other races, providing everyone with the same educational opportunities. The women's suffrage gave most women(a lot of African American women could not vote still) the right to vote, own land, and many other rights. Also with this movement people would no longer go to jail for any dept. What do you think were the most important social reforms and why? In my opinion, the most important reforms are abolition of slavery and women's suffrage. These have the largest impact because without them there would be way more racism, men would have no respect for women.