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The Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival. Religion was spread through preaching and movements. They tried to live a life free of sin and focus on their personal religious experiences. It encouraged individual rights and nationalism which impacted the Civil War. -
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Prelude to Civil War
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Antebellum Women's Movement
The antebellum women's movement was a feminist movement where they fought for women's rights. They noticed the gender discrimination and held protests and vocalized their feelings. This was important to the Civil War because they started to get change. -
Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism was a movement where people, transcendentalists had new ways of thinking. They believed organized religion and political parties were corrupting purity. They also had personal knowledge of God and opposed materialism. This was important to the Civil War because it was a new way of thinking which changed outcomes. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed that stated slaves had to be returned to their owners. Even if they were in a free state they had to be returned. This law brought up strong feelings in people and they started forming opinions. This was significant to the lead-up to the Civil War because it gave people a stance to take and caused contention. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 set boundaries and laws for certain states. It made California a free state, allowed Utah and New Mexico to choose to be a slave states or not, and made the Fugitive Slave Act. This was important for the Civil War because it changed boundaries and laws that would change people's opinions.