Step-by-step explanation:
To reform something is to change it for the better. These movements were caused in part by the Second Great Awakening, a renewal of religious faith in the early 1800s. Groups tried to reform many parts of American society, but the two most important were the abolitionist movement and the women's rights movement.
Key movements of the time fought for women's suffrage, limits on child labor, abolition, temperance, and prison reform.
The abolition of slavery was one of the most powerful reform movements.