his338-young-america-discussion-post-the-reform-impulse-1815-1848

Discussion Post (2-3 paragraphs double spaced 12 pt Times New Roman) cited in Chicago/Turabian format responding to the following prompt :

This “age of improvement” held both a collective (public) component and an individual (private) component. That is, the impulse for reform aimed at improving American society by elevating the moral behavior of individual Americans. Discuss this process by examining the various reform movements that defined the age. How did this impulse for reform seek to impact the broader political, cultural, and economic landscape of American society?

Attached is the module overview to provide guidance.

Recommended sources :

The Jacksonian Promise by Daniel Feller (Chapters 5, 6, and 8)

American Reformers by Ronald G. Walters (Entire text)