The second great awakening contributed to an expansion of sectionalism in the United States that lasted for decades, evidenced by the faucet of the Texas independence movement against the catholic Mexican government. Abolitionism had long-term effects as well, gaining popular support through the mid-19th century, where it was transformed into a national issue by horrific accounts of slavery in the 1830’s. Though both of these movements occurred gradually, without ebb and flow, the questions they raised about American morality and the “peculiar” institution defines the freedom that we know
The second great awakening contributed to an expansion of sectionalism in the United States that lasted for decades, evidenced by the faucet of the Texas independence movement against the catholic Mexican government. Abolitionism had long-term effects as well, gaining popular support through the mid-19th century, where it was transformed into a national issue by horrific accounts of slavery in the 1830’s. Though both of these movements occurred gradually, without ebb and flow, the questions they raised about American morality and the “peculiar” institution defines the freedom that we know