Pre-Civil War Reforms 值,、2A Reformers launched many campaigns -educate the blind and deaf rehabilitate and cure the mentally ill -give equal rights to women -abolish slavery ■ The Enlightenment -ideas concerning god, reason, nature, and man were blended into a worldview that inspired revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics -Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason created a free public education -prison reforms(specialized institutions to rehabilitate prisoners)Pre-Civil War Reforms ◼ Reformers launched many campaigns to: -educate the blind and deaf -rehabilitate and cure the mentally ill -give equal rights to women -abolish slavery ◼ The Enlightenment -ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and man were blended into a worldview that inspired revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics. -Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason. -created a free public education -prison reforms (specialized institutions to rehabilitate prisoners)