The second great awakening was led by Charles G. Finney who preached that human beings were saved by faith but that they should demonstrate such faith through moral correctness and good works (Doc. B). The Second Great Awakening started a nationwide chain of reform movements that encouraged Democratic ideals. In Document A, it is shown that the second great awakening helped in the development of the reformation of juvenile delinquents. The document states that it will "prevent the commission of crimes by seeking out the youthful and unprotected,

The Second Great Awakening sparked a nationwide wave of reform movements-including temperance, abolition, moral reform, education, and utopian societies which all reflected democratic ideas. From Dorothea Dix protecting the rights of the mentally ill, to Horace Mann achieving better education for citizens, the early-mid 1800's proved to be a time that strongly expanded democratic ideals.

Women's suffrage was another major movement that showed Democratic ideals. A major event which displayed the women's movement was the Seneca Falls Convention. It was organized in 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Mary Ann McClintock, the Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention in U.S. history. The women selected the U.S. Declaration of Independence as the model for the Declaration of Sentiments that they prepared

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