Question

What were the origins of the major social-reform movements in the early nineteenth century? How did they influence american society and politics then and now?

Answer 1

The greatest impact of the nineteenth century socio-religious reform movements was:

(1) the creation of national awakening among the masses;

(2) the revival of Hinduism as a tolerant, rational religion to restore its lost prestige in the wake of Islam in the past and Christianity in the nineteenth century;