They were all key roles in the effort to remake American Society. ... The temperance movement worked because the amount of alcohol consumed was reduced to half of what it was. Utopianism was also a force that led to reform. People had different perspectives on what we should perfect in order to have a Utopian society. ... Some, like Horace Mann, thought that the children were the answer to a Utopian society, and that they should be properly educated because they are the future. ...

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Utopianism was a way of life that consisted of a perfect, full-function society. ... The actual question at hand is why the Utopian movements were unsuccessful and what factors essentially caused it to fail. It was truly ironic that perfectly envisioned societies failed. Utopian ideas have had an impact on almost every aspect of life. ... Although More was not the first to clarify what makes up an ideal society, he was the one to coin this word to describe it. ...

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American Dream What is the American dream? ... Some writers think of the American dream as a Utopian society. In a Utopian society, the people are an example of the way the Earth should be, without crime and punishment. ... There are many writers that have different opinions on what the American dream means. ... Their dream was to escape the religious persecution of England and come to the new world to build a Utopian society. ...

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In 1775, the Philadelphia Quakers founded the world's first antislavery society, proving that the dispense of slavery was indeed possible, causing the country to dream of a utopian society. ... But it was a model of what a loose confederation should be, and was a significant stepping-stone towards the establishment of the U.S. ... - What were the major compromises made at the Constitutional Convention? ... Whatever these leaders' personal desires, they had to compromise and adopt what was acceptable to the entirety of America, and what presumably would be suitable to the nat...

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Claude McKay and Langston Hughes have similar views of America which deviate from the "utopian" symbol that this country has attempted to portray. ... Langston Hughes's poem "I, Too" and Claude McKay's poem "America" depict a more realistic view of American society. ... This line means that he is still set apart from the white people in society. In spite of the fact that he is set apart from society, the speaker is not discouraged. ... He says that he will be sitting at the table when company comes which suggests that he is going to do what he feels he deserves to do. ...

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Roots of Reform Many reformers wanted a perfected society: free from cruelty, war, intoxicating drink, discrimination, and slavery. ... Utopian Experiments Various reformers set up more than forty communities of a cooperative, communistic, or communitarian nature. ... He founded a communal society of about a thousand people at New Harmony, Indiana, in 1825. ...

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