Question

What change taking place in America in the early 1800s gave rise to an age of reform in America

Answer 1

Answer:

In the early 1800s Women and Reform were almost synonyms. During those decades, due to the multipolar situation (slavery, women's rights, discrimination, temperance), arrived several reform movements.

All these reforms looked for a change in American society, because it was infect with several issues. Women didn't have the right to vote, slavery was growing, prisoners were treated like animals, even the protested for a temperance reform, which was about alcohol consumption.

Answer 2

The overpopulation in cities gave way to areas of mass crime