The decades before the Civil War saw the birth of the American reform tradition. Reformers--female and male, black and white--launched unprecedented campaigns to educate the deaf and the blind, rehabilitate criminals, extend equal rights to women, and abolish slavery. Our modern systems of free public schools, prisons, and hospitals for the infirm and the mentally ill are all legacies of this first generation of American reform.. Below you will find a link to the chart that contains many of these reform movements. If you were not in class or have misplaced the chart, you may copy it off and fill it out using Chapter 15 in your textbook.
19th Century Reform Movements
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