In the 1800s there was an outburst of religious revivals held in Kentucky, which later spread throughout the western states. This movement became known as the Second Great Awakening. Religious passion deepened. More people became devout members of the church. The awakening gathered strength in 1826, when preacher Charles Finney conducted a revival. Many people saw religion as a social gathering since people didn’t go out in the 1800s it made going to church and being holy a more amusing activity than we would picture it today. Religion changed people through their beliefs on what was right or wrong. Through either faith or fear many began to join all types of religions. Women began to fight for their rights as well as the rights of slaves. In their sermons preachers asked followers to repent their sins and join them in hymn. Women found a voice through fighting for what was right, since then they did not have anything that they could put their time into. Revivals would soften the outlook on society and make them seem as wonderful specimens of the beauty of holiness. People blindly and without question followed religion. Charles believed that the only way religion would be kept alive was if it was kept exciting. The churches followers would love God so much, that they would set themselves to get other people to love God. Southerners did not think much of slaves. They thought that slaves were just cheap laborers, animals even. However, northerners had different views on African-Americans. They thought of them as more than cheap labor or tools to be used by someone however they wished. Northern states did not believe in slavery because it was against religion. Southerners have become addicted to having slaves and their intemperance has to be taken care of. Lyman Beecher calls for the end of slavery, as it is an unlawful commerce, against every principle of humanity, conscience, and religion. In the bible it says you