Describe the motives and goals of early nineteenth-century moral refor

Describe the motives and goals of early nineteenth-century moral reformers. What social problems did they identify with prostitution and “heavy drinking”?

What will be an ideal response?

ANSWER
Goals: get people to adopt more godly personal habits, observe the Sabbath, read the Bible, etc.; curb the resort to immoral practices in society, prostitution, overuse of alcohol.
Problems: crime; poverty; disruption of family life; inefficient and unproductive labor.