Age Of Reform Dbq

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The Age of Reform was a time when people wanted change by creating reform movements. These reform movements were motivated for many reasons and impacted the society once they succeeded. The sources give information about a few reform movements and information about their causes and impacts. Two of the most well known movements were the Women's Rights Movement and the Temperance Movement. The Women's Rights Movement was the movement for women's rights. The cause and motivation for this movement was the way women were treated and looked upon in society. Source 1 states, “My labor never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw.” This shows that women were mistreated and unappreciated which caused them to stand up for themselves and make