Answer:
1) Some historians have even labeled the period from 1830 to 1850 as the “Age of Reform.
2) Women, in particular, played a major role in these changes
3) Key movements of the time fought for women’s suffrage, limits on child labor, abolition, temperance, and prison reform.
4) Reform Movements in 1850’s America. During the early-mid 19th century, many reform movements took place throughout the world, specifically in the United States.
5) The wealthy prospered in ways never seen before, and the growing gap between rich and poor created tensions that would shape an entire movement.
6) The temperance movement, anti-slavery reforms and the women's rights movement are the three prominent reform movements of the early 19th century.
7) The movements found organizational form in the United States in organizations such as the American Anti-Slavery Society.
8) In the early 1800s, there was an increased awareness about the effects of alcohol, and as a result, abstinence was a big issue.
9) By time the 1840s rolled around, the temperance movement had created a ban on some alcoholic drinks.
10) The movements found organizational form in the United States in organizations such as the American Anti-Slavery Society. In addition to the United States and Britain, where such movements played a major role, the category can include such organizations as the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, also known as "The Boxers", of the Boxer rebellion. Don't forget about the art/literature reform movement
