The Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century was a revival period with a lot of new ideas and innovations being spread throughout the new growing nation. New inventions like the railroads and steamboats help industrialize the U.S. The use of the textile mill and the factory systems helped pave a way of doing things more efficiently by using labor. Although the early 19th century had many exciting innovations, there were numerous amount of reform movements happening like the abolishment of slavery, giving women more rights and equality, and a change and improvement in education; causing expansion of democratic ideals giving more power to the people and freedom. The Slavery abolishment movement was a reform movement primarily to end slavery. Most people did not like the idea of slavery, but it seemed to be essential for living. Just like the factory systems, we needed labor to accomplish the tasks we needed to get done. Factory systems considered mostly women. They were effective due to the work force accuring goods to be produced at magnificient rates. Slavery was like these factory systems but had some differences. Factory systems payed their employees, not much though, while slaves worked for their masters with no pay but abuse. All kinds of people …show more content…
Due to not having as much rights as men had, the women decided to rise up and to speak out for their equality. The Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments helped pave a way for women's rights and equality. The Declaration of Sentiments was like the Declaration of Independance but it instead gave rights to women and their equality with men. The factory systems did allow women to work and they did get paid, even though it was not a lot. Women also pleaded the right to