The Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening occurred between the years 1790 and 1840.  With the ideals of Manifest Destiny becoming more popular, more and more people were heading out west, where churches were scare, leading to some losing faith in their previous religious convictions.  During the Great Awakening, Methodist and Baptist churches experienced a large growth in membership, due to preachers who were able to make a lasting impression of their religion's messages to people by being less conservative and more emotional, shocking some.
Many religious revivals were hosted throughout the country, were people from multiple branches of religions preached about the beauty of God, instead of focusing on the strict boundaries between and rules of religions such as Catholicism and Protestantism.  People enjoyed the new found democracy and freedom that one could now find while choosing their religion.  This led to a popularity increase in Evangelical churches which had a more populist, and less strict approach on spirituality.America became much more Protestant, and the Calvinists gained popularity especially through their ideas of free will, and choosing salvation, which was open to all human beings.  During these revivals and camp meetings, preachers often encouraged audience behavior, and it was common to see people sing, praying, and crying ans screaming on the ground, overcome with the emotions of what was going on around them.
This change in religious thinking also made its way to politics.  As people realized that they had a democratic choice of religion, they began to wish for the same things from their government, and became less willing to let elected officials represent them, and instead supported a more government in which citizen's could vote on matters that affected them.


Sources:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/22c.asp
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma95/finseth/evangel.html
https://www.citelighter.com/history/history/knowledgecards/the-second-great-awakening