The reform communities established in the years before the Civil War:
a. followed all of the laws but simply banned ownership of private property.
b. usually followed standard gender and marital relations.
c. made no effort to combat the growing disparity between rich and poor.
d. called themselves utopian because they knew that their efforts were likely to fail.
e. set out to reorganize society on a cooperative basis.
Answer: e. set out to reorganize society on a cooperative basis.
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