American Temperance Society

4520 APUSH Period 3 Reformations of the 19th Century Between 1820 and 1860 there was much reformation fervor. The 2nd Great Awakening is what ignited this burning desire for reformation. It led to prison reform, church reform, education reform, temperance movement, and women's rights movement. American reform movements in this era particularly education, temperance, and utopian experiments, reflected both optimistic and pessimistic views of human nature and society.