This morning, Ben and I continued to discuss how life proved challenging for the immigrants that flooded cities due primarily to the lack of city services and not enough housing for the population boom. Immigrants therefore tended to live in tenements, where disease spread quickly, while others prospered as middle-class business owners. We read about a new religious revival movement that arose and spread in the early 19th century known as the Second Great Awakening and learned what main values and practices were encouraged. We learned that the movement spread outside of religions and inspired a spirit of reform - and that the 1820's -1860's became known as the Age of Reform. We will spend the remainder of this week discussing the major reform movements that resulted during the Age of Reform.