LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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Charles Finney may have been one of the most important reformers of the 1800’s. Which of the following statements would best explain how his contributions impacted social reform during this time?
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Finney negotiated with state legislators and representatives to ban slavery in newly acquired western territories.
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Finney’s work with the mentally ill led to the creation of better facilities and treatment of those in need.
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Finney worked with women at feminist conventions to protest their right to vote in state and federal elections.
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Finney inspired abolitionists, feminists, and other social reformers to look at the immoralities of society through religious revivals.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By the 1830s there were men and women like Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton who devoted most of their adult lives to reform causes. Three of these movements remain especially well known.
Detailed explanation-2: -Social reform is reshaping and reforming culturally accepted laws and norms in light of new cultural paradigms. Supplementing this social reform definition is the idea reform can occur at local, regional, national, or even global levels. The most effective means of achieving social reform is through reform movements.
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