Grassroot Movements During The Age Of Reform

During the Age of Reform there were many grassroot movements that were made to help America make America better. These events were usually successful in either short and long term. Some reform movements were religious revival, public education, and women's rights. These events helped the Age of Reform and begin the bases of modern America.
The first grassroot movement was religious revival. In 1850 church attendance was about three-fourths of the 23 million America’s (309). However, people were not deep as deep in their faith like before. Therefore, to get people back to the faith new Protestant denominations began to appear. These new domination flourished and showed a different view of salvation through good works (310). Additionally, during

Public free education was not common at the time and many conservative Americans were at first against paying for the poor “brats” education (314). However, they then realize education was a necessary to make sure they would not grow up to be ignorant and illiterate. The first schools were not the best since they were only open part of the year and had unsuited teachers. This was a hard part of trying to educate the children, but there were some advances like Noah Webster who aided in improved textbooks (315). The, next part of public education were the first state-supported universities like North Carolina in 1795. This was a great base for public education for the people even though women and blacks could still not achieve the same levels of education of the white males (315). The short term success was not good since there wasn’t enough school with proper people and tools to educate. The long term success was good because it led to higher education and the eventually allowance of all to receive and better

In the nineteenth century America and Europe were a man’s world (319). A woman's role was solely to be barefoot pregnant engineering her husband a sandwich (notes). Additionally, women were seen as objects and could be beaten and her rights were that of a black slave without a vote and owned by her husband. Therefore, many female reformers began fighting for women's rights, temperance, and the abolition of slavery (319). Another, feminist movement for women's rights was the Woman’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls. There they declared “all men and women are created equal” and demanded voting for women. This was a great start for women’s rights and even though women could not vote they were becoming less like object because they were allowed higher education and even in some states women could own property while married. The short term success was successful because it showed that women weren't object that they did deserve more rights than what they had. Additionally, in their short term they created a movement with feminism and equality and more education for women. There long term success was big because it lead to the eventually equality of men and women in their work places, education, and voting