Between the years 1825 and 1850, the US underwent a series of social and political reforms which attempted to democratize American life. Reform movements during this period of Jacksonian Democracy attempted to dissolve disunity in the social ladder and pushed for equal rights among all citizens. Stemming from the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century, many of these reforms were backed by religious ideals over democratic principles. At the forefront of the cause, however, was the hope for a more democratic system in which there was not only popular sovereignty, but a sense of social leveling.
The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival that gave new religious applications of old Enlightenment ideals of democracy and freedom. Converts sought to reform churches and organized to stamp out sin to win the world for Christ, but at the same time also believed in redemption versus condemnation (Doc. B). Such a practice was made in effort to promote the underlying......
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