The major impetus for the reforms of this era was the
change that was happening in the US economy and, therefore, in its
society.
During this time, the US economy was becoming more
of a market economy. This is one in which people create products to be sold and then
use the money to buy things they need. This is as opposed to the older system of
subsistence in which people generally produced most of what they needed for themselves
and then did minor trading with others near them.
As
America's economy moved to a market economy society moved from being then neighborly
thing where people knew and took care of one another. It moved towards the more
impersonal society we have now. This change led many people to try to "fix" things.
They felt that their world was changing and not for the better. Because of this, they
were motivated to push for reforms.
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