Revolution, the United States reverted back to religion to re-stabilize their people. This second revival of religion was coined the Second Great Awakening. During this time period, many beliefs, ideas, and reactions were formed, that later evolved into activism and change. Between the years 1825 and 1850, reform movements in the United States amplified democracy through the ideas the Second Great Awakening brought forth, such as feminism, temperance, abolitionism, the reformation of the penitentiary…
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