Second Great Awakening, Protestant religious revival in the United States from about 1795 to 1835. During this revival, meetings were held in small towns and large cities throughout the country, and the unique frontier institution known as the camp meeting began. Many churches experienced a great increase in membership, particularly among Methodist and Baptist churches
They found strong Christian leaders so they were led by basically priests and they were very strong and religious they be in god and god helped them to secede
As a young man, Lincoln enjoyed reading the works of deists<span> such as </span>Thomas Paine. He drafted a pamphlet incorporating such ideas but did not publish it. After charges of hostility to Christianity almost cost him a congressional bid, he kept his unorthodox beliefs private. <span>The one aspect of his parents' </span>Calvinist<span> religion that Lincoln apparently embraced wholeheartedly throughout his life was the "doctrine of necessity", also known as </span>predestination<span>, </span>determinism<span>, or </span>fatalism. <span>It was almost always through these lenses that Lincoln assessed the meaning of the Civil War.</span>
Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana
