Discuss the social reforms that shaped the nation in the 1800s. what do you think have been the lasting impacts of the reform era? how do these reforms influence society today? what do you think were the most important social reforms and why? i don't really understand.

The 1800s saw reform in the way we think about social issues as well as the rights of human beings. The issues that were on the table for reform were abolition of slavery, prison reform, and women's rights. Many of these arguments started on the foundation of the idea of who had value in a society and who deserved rights as an American citizen. The fight against slavery in the 1800s eventually informed the women's liberation movement as gender inequality borrowed language used by abolitionists to push against slavery. Today we continue these conversations because gender inequality still exists in society. Racism still exists in American society. We live in the wake of history so these toxic beliefs, or "isms" continue to impact society's perception on who deserves a voice and whose voice is amplified.