available to many individuals

available to many individuals; alcohol was able to be consumed as when pleased and excessively; and the mentally unhealthy were treated as criminals. Government was run under a federalist system stating that states and provinces share power with a national government. Federalism was strong in the time before the 1800s but soon died out after and the nation became a democracy. Democratic ideals were not yet assembled until after reform movements. Reform movements greatly led to an expansion of democratic ideals from 1825-1855.
Reform movements including anyone other than white males were bound to influence the democratic ideal of equality. One of the greatest attempts