Improving Society The Reforming Spirit 1830?s lots Americans interested in social reform 2 create a better society based off political & religious beliefs Jacksonian Democracy expansion o? democracy called 4 reform 4om Jackson Age most states dropped property requirement to vote some reformers argued no society could have slaves and still b called ?democratic? The Second Great Awakening in colonial days, American Protestants believed in predestination the idea God decided fate o? person?s soul b4 birth leaders o? Second Great Awakening preached ppl?s own actions determined salvation blended easily w/ political ideas o? democracy & independence Charles Finney held 1st o? many revivals 1826 Utopian Communities Utopia book about fictional ideal society