During the Nineteenth Century, various reform movements came to the fore of the American stage to promote social improvement. Often these efforts had their roots in Protestant churches. In addition to their efforts to convert new members based on their religious beliefs, several denominations were willing to turn to the government to make the entire population comply with their version of morality. Methodists, Presbyterians, Congregationalists (Pilgrims of Thanksgiving fame) and Baptists were among the most prominent in the reform movements which extended to the beginning of the twentieth century, and still exists in some form or another currently. Some of the issues these movements tackled were: abolition (slavery), temperance (prohibition of alcohol), prisons, and education. These issues were especially espoused with zeal by well-educated middle-class women who were hardly allowed to participate in the public sphere of business and government.
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