Provoked by the Second Great Awakening, many reformers advocated for improvements and believed in self-improvement. ... President Andrew Jackson's idea adds insight to the reasons and motivations of campaigning for reforming of ones self (DOC 1); He believed that by elevating our people and institutions people can become more God-like in character and capable of governing himself. ... The Second Great Awakening stimulated this inspiration, women were inspired especially. ... As the Second Great Awakening spread, the converts, especially women, led to the reformation of a rapidly changin...

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Her father preached a more softened form of Puritanism that reflected the growth of more diverse religious practices of the Great Awakening period of early 1740s. Perhaps these ideas of Great Awakening and even more so of the Enlightenment, influenced Abigail's more independent mind and analytical spirit. ... (Akers 37) Mary Lincoln, however, with her firm formal education background and her ambitious character, saw these notions in a slightly different light. ...

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Second topic that we discuss is the American Civil war which played the all-important role in the consciousness and political awakening. ... However, we can see that the people from 1800 are still cleaner in their character and straight in their approach. ...

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