Question

In what ways do temperance, health reforms, and phrenology offer reflections on the changes in the United States before the Civil War? What needs did these reforms fill in the lives of antebellum Americans?

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Explanation:

Reformers targeted vices that corrupted the physical body and community: The human and the public spirit. For some, alcohol seemed to be the most devastating and general. So, in those years before the Civil War, the United States appeared to be the democracy of drunkenness to more. To combat the public drug abuse issue, reformers produced a host of temperance organizations that first directed the middle and upper classes, and so the working classes. Thanks to Sylvester Graham and other health reformers, exercising and warm air, combined with a high diet, turned into trendy. Phrenologists concentrated on uncovering the mysteries of knowledge and personality. In the fast-paced world, phrenology provided the possibility of experiencing other human characteristics.