Public Education
Reform
The 2011 U.S. education reform
Description
One of the most controversial measures of this reform is transferring some educational institutions into private hands. Public schools, run as private enterprises, were considered more success-oriented.
Person Involved
Diane Ravitch
How was the person involved?
Diane Ravitch is the most implacable and harsh critic of school reform in the United States. She did not support the privatization of education and did not think charter schools were a good idea.
Temperance
Reform
The U.S. Prohibition Act (1920-1933)
Description
A nationwide ban on the sale, production, and transport of alcohol was in effect in the U.S. from 1920 to 1933 (McGirr, 2017).
Person Involved
Woodrow Wilson
How was the person involved?
President Woodrow Wilson was one of the opponents of Prohibition.
Abolition
Reform
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery
Description
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery throughout the state, was passed by Congress on 31 January 1865.
Person Involved
Abraham Lincoln
How was the person involved?
Abraham Lincoln is called the liberator of the American slaves and the pride of the American people. Lincoln was strongly opposed to the expansion of slavery into new territories. He was the prime mover behind the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
Women’s Rights
Reform
19th Amendment to the United States Constitution
Description
This Amendment introduced active suffrage for women. In this way, the demands of suffragettes were met.
Person Involved
Susan Brownell Anthony
How was the person involved?
Susan Anthony played a vital role in the nineteenth-century suffragette movement. She co-authored the Nineteenth Amendment and introduced it into Congress in 1878.
References
McGirr, L. (2017) Alcohol Prohibition in the United States, 1920–1933, and Its Legacies. In: Savona E., Kleiman M., Calderoni F. (Eds.). Dual Markets. Springer, Cham.