A Nation Awakening - Pre-Civil War American History

In the times after the War of 1812, with a growing economy and an expanding nation, social views were taking a turn towards a more equal society. Although primitive in its beginning, the views and beliefs of the mid 19th century Americans had spawned activists and institutions that would start to transform the American social standard in the years to come. These rapid changes also had a converse affect on American views and beliefs.
One changing view of society was the assumption of the faith of human nature, romanticism, which was the belief that individuals basically were good. …