Reform

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Reform
Introduction
The American Yawp is a traditional history text that tries to epitomize American history by expressing it as a summary. In this book process of creating America’s culture, transnational perspectives, narratives of resistance and integration of different opinions are explored. Although various themes are present in America Yawp, this paper, therefore, examines reform theme in sectional crisis, Civil war, and Reconstruction.
Definition of Reform
Reform is a set of processes and actions aimed at changing an institution or a practice. In history, the theme of reform involves all activities undertaken to improve practices of Government, society and other institutions to strengthen them.
The role played by Reform
In a sectional crisis, reform helps to understand how slavery created conflict between various sections of America and how this impacted government decisions as well as politics. Reform in Civil war portrays the role played by the participation of people in ending slavery trade which is a resultant of war (Locke and Wright, 2018). The role played by reform in Reconstruction involved attainment of America citizenship for freed slaves while marking abolishment of slavery. The following are some examples of reform theme;
The Sectional Crisis
Haitian Revolution is one example of the reform theme as it explains military actions which, aimed at ending slavery. The reform leads to the freeing of slaves thus facilitating the establishment of free black communities (Locke and Wright, 2018).

The Civil War
Reform theme example in a civil war is illustrated through, the participation of people in the presidential election which led to winning of Abraham Lincoln. This showed democracy as people were allowed to support slavery issue via rallying behind party candidates standing for what they believed in.
Reconstruction
In reconstruction reform example is seen where the Congress passes Thirteenth amendment as legislation banning slavery while defining exceptional situations. The above action brings improvement by abolishing slavery in America
Reflection of Reform Theme
Reform in sectional crisis brings out the role of the slave trade in the establishment of the Republican Party and also establishes the development of America’s federal government towards the fight against slavery. In the civil war, reform created a culture of democracy in America while setting an example for European Nations. Reform in Reconstruction marked an end to legal slavery, promoted citizenship of freed slaves while enhancing unity between the sections as they worked together towards economic development and territorial expansion.
Conclusion
Reform theme is an important aspect which facilitates understanding of culture and other critical transnational perspectives like the establishment of political parties that are resultant of historical events.
Work Cited
Locke.L. Joseph and Wright, Ben. The American Yawp: A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook, Vol. 2: Since 1877. Stanford University Press. January, 2018. Retrieved from < http://americanyawp.com/>