During America’s Antebellum years, the Second Great Awakening and Transcendentalism movements would take place and change different aspects of American society. The Second Great Awakening is known as a movement that encouraged American society to shift towards a more religious way of life. In this movement people would seek personal salvation and religious enthusiasm. “Those drawn to the message of this movement yearned for stability, decency, and goodness in the new and turbulent American Republic” (Corbett et al., 2014). In contrast, transcendentalism would focus on establishing individualism, self reliance, and a relationship with nature among Americans. In this movement, American writers would challenge the conformity of American society
