Question

Historians often describe the time period from 1820 to 1850 as the era of Jacksonian Democracy, characterized by the rise of universal white male suffrage and a celebration of the “common man.”

In what ways and to what extent did this democratic impulse impact American reform movements in the first half of the Nineteenth Century?

Using the documents and your knowledge of the time period 1820-1850, answer the question with reference to THREE of the following:
- Women’s rights
- Moral reforms
- Education
- Religion​

Answer 1

The Second Great Awakening expressed Arminian theology, by which every person could be saved through revivals, repentance, and conversion. ... The Second Great Awakening stimulated the establishment of many reform movements designed to remedy the evils of society before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Key movements of the time fought for women's suffrage, limits on child labor, abolition, temperance, and prison reform.