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The Female Moral Reform Society was an organization created in order to respond to the massive influx of prostitution in big cities such as New York. There were organizations specifically for the prevention of  women from going into the field of prostitution, while other programs in big cities like New York (New York Female Benevolent Society) took in women in prostitution for proper rehabilitation.

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Many of the prostitutes were native born whites while the rest were immigrants. Prostitutes' age ranged from 15 to 20 years old. About half of these individuals had children or were infected with syphilis.

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Groups such as the ATS (American Temperance Society) went as far as using propaganda to promote abstinence and encouraged law makers (local, state, and federal) to prohibit alcohol in the US. The ATS also promoted women's rights, abolition of slavery, and the improvement of society.

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It was developed in the 1830s with a main focus on mocking black culture, using "Negro dialect". Black entertainers, however, also participated in this form of entertainment.

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Young women began taking on jobs as prostitutes in order to earn money to become economically stable, leading to a new society where illicit sex was allowed for men, eventually leading to the increased culture of sex-integrated life. The number of brothels increased exponentially.

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Minstrelsy developed as a form of entertainment in which whites would "blackface" in a comical routine, spreading racism and showing a critique of different social issues based on the "Native White" perspective.

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The Female Moral Reform Society, established in 1834 with the help of Lydia Finney as President, sought out to change the ways of prostitution and sexual assault of the women, protects women's morals, destroy sexual double   standards, develop prostitute refugee homes, and more.

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This movement (1820's-present) called for abstinence/prohibition from/of alcohol for all people in that it was the scapegoat for most peoples' problems in their lives. They related sin and great evil to drinking so this movement was heavily supported by Protestant churches.

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Commercialized sex and prostitution developed as youth in the cities struggled to make a living.

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This period of time involved the degradation of American morals. As a result of this, new movements developed in order to promote good morals in the society. Even though commercialized sex initially was pushed among the community in efforts to become economically stable, women and religious started numerous reforms and movements to improve society. Minstrelsy was an act of racism by whites that mocked the African Americans, bringing light into the moral development of pop culture. As alcoholism increased, temperance movements surfaced in order to curb alcohol consumption. This movement is still active today.

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During the mid-1800s, the emergence of controversial urban culture led to movements that made attempts to challenge gender roles and promote good morals.