Between 1820 and 1850, how was the abolitionist movement both a cause and an effect of the growing differences between the North and the South? Your response should include 4 paragraphs--> intro, cause, effect, conclusion. The United States from 1820 to 1850 went through the second enlightenment. This was a time of reform and religious prominence in which people involved in such enlightenment were called abolitionists. The ideas of these people revolved about social issues that they found malicious or that put down certain groups of people, bringing about the slavery and women’s reforms of the time period. Of course the South didn’t like the slavery reforms the North pushed for, so they resented them. The cause of these growing differences