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How did reform movements like the second great awakening and the abolition movement lead to tension over slavery

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The abolition movement:

  • Slavery was seen by the abolitionists as a monstrosity and an abnormality on the United States, rendering it their mission to abolish slave ownership.
  • They submitted letters to Congress, stood for political office and overwhelmed the people of the South with publications against slavery.
  • The antagonism and resentment sparked by the revolution, along with other variables, led to the Civil War and eventually to the end of American slavery.

The second great awakening:

  • In US, at the early time of 19th century, a Protestants spiritual movement expanded Christianity via revivals and intense preaching brought popularity as the "second great awakening".
  • Such campaign prompted a series of transformation measures that drew hundreds of converts into new Protestant denominations, which ultimately resulted into a period of antebellum social change and an institutional focus on redemption.
  • Over the time their American people grew rapidly, characterizing its territorial expansion by the great leap westward and brought relief as a result of socio-political shifts in America, in the face of instability.
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