Started by evangelical temperance reformers and popular
among the middle class

Emphasis against hard alcohol instead of complete abstinence, and of moral principle, not legal measures against alcohol.

Partly influenced by second great awakening, connected many of the reform movements that happened during this time

Started by Enlightenment thinkers for violated the rights of man, and religious folk that saw it as un-Christian

Antislavery in Great Britain quickly brought it to an end there, but stuck in the United States

Slavery much more of a economic means in the South, so much harder to abolish, as peoples live hood were at stake

First free public education centered around moral values and Calvinism

Common in New England colonies but rare in the South, as children were typically taught by parent or tutor

In the 1800s, Horace Mann of Massachusetts led the common-school movement, which advocated for local property taxes financing public schools. Mann also emphasized positive reinforcement instead of punishment.