13 jun 1861 año - Improving society

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- Temperance: American Temperance Society, Washingtonians, German and Irish opposed the movement but lacked political power, in the 1850s, the issue of slavery overshadowed the movement, regained strength in 1870s
- Movement for Public Asylums: Mental Hospitals Dorothea Dix, schools for Blind and Deaf Persons, Prisons, Penitentiaries, the asylum movement, moral reform and work programs
- Public education: Free Common Schools Horace Mann, Moral Education, Higher Education

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