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The second great awakening
The second great awakening was a spiritual revival. There were preacher known as circuit riders that would preach emotional and spiritual messages to the public. From these messages people has spiritual experiences which in some cases caused them to shake. This was important to the prelude to the civil war because The second great awakening mainly encouraged people to challenge the beliefs they had including that of slavery.
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transcendentalism
This was an era where the way of thinking changed. Instead of thinking about spirituality people started thinking about themselves. This concept is called individualism. This is important to the prelude to the civil war because people started thinking about what makes them them and what they will stand up for. This encouraged a lot of people to take a stand against slavery.
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-terms/what-is-transcendentalism-beliefs-of-this-american-movement.html -
women's rights
The push for women's rights really started before the civil war. With all other events going on at that time they realized they should have more rights. For the longest time they weren't given simple rights that were given to men like voting. Women started to protest for these simple rights, This is important to the prelude to the civil war because it showed that there was an issue just as big as slavery that needed help too.
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seneca convention
The seneca convention was a women's rights meeting that discussed the social status and rights of women. It was held over the course of two days. This convention launched the women's suffrage movement. They drafted 11 resolutions one being that they were equal to men. This was super important to the prelude to the civil war because it showed that people were starting to challenge beliefs including slavery.
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uncle toms cabin
Uncle tom's cabin was a novel written by harriet beecher stowe. It exposed some of the dangers and unethical things that happened in slavery. This was important to the prelude to the civil war for obvious reasons. This novel was widely published and read by the public. This generated beliefs in people about slavery and started encouraging them on thinking how they could help
https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/uncle-toms-cabin