The Antebellum Period

Introduction
The Antebellum period was a period of time between after the War of 1812 to before the Civil War. Along with an immensity of new products manufactured during this time and the economic advancements, there were many other types of advancements including societal, political, and religious. These advancements came to be mainly through reforms of each respective area. As was done before, since they didn’t like the way something was, they all joined forces to do something about it (in this case the current state of society, politics, religion, etc.). During the Antebellum Period, there were many significant changes that occurred like the Second Great Great Awakening, the Abolitionist movement, and the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Religious …show more content…
As these people got more and more religious, they started to see the moral issues with slavery more and more. As religion’s popularity increased, so did the amount of people that saw slavery as morally wrong. This is what led to the Abolitionist movement. The abolitionist movement is a movement whose meaning was to abolish slavery due to its moral incorrectness. Part of this was the fact that Susan B. Anthony and the Women’s National Loyal League came together to petition the 13th amendment to outlaw slavery. After this movement started, it was also rational to try to give more rights afterwards as well, since they were already advocating for rights for people of color, who were, at that time, technically considered property, so it seemed ridiculous to attempt to increase the rights of ‘property’ and not the rights of human beings: women, …show more content…
The reforms made during this time period had an immense effect on what modern-day life is like, and it is likely for the better. The religious groups that formed or became at the forefront of religion during this time period, such as the Evangelical Church and the Church of Mormon, are groups that still exist and have a large following to this day. The slavery that was such a large issue at this time is now abolished and some are even ashamed of their ancestors and ashamed to speak of its existence in the first place. The women’s voting rights that were denied just only a century ago are not only currently accepted, but even speaking out against women as a whole can be termed as sexism and would earn one much lambastation. Due to all of the efforts that have initiated during this period of time, as well as the impeccable progress made on them, it is one of, if not the most important time period in

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Women In The Antebellum Period

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