they were fighting for more equitable taxation of railroad and corporate property, tenement house reform, better schools, and expanded social services for the poor.
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Because abolitionists are fighting for abolitionism which is the movement to end slavery. Reformers such as Dorothea Dix were fighting for the insane who were being mistreated. So in a way abolitionists are reformers but they are fighting to end slavery.
Their experiences with dictators led reformers to limit the president to a single term.
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they hoped to ban alcohol
Many progressive reformers targeted city officials who built corrupt organizations called political machines.