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The Second Great Awakening - An Intro What was it? Religious revival that spurred reforms in America When was it? Early 19th century
The Second Great Awakening - Causes Changes to society as a result of the market revolution Social and geographic mobility
The Second Great Awakening - Cane Ridge & Charles G. Finney Cane Ridge - located in KY “Camp meeting” - large church gathering of 25,000 people Charles G. Finney: Prominent preacher of the Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening - Message People must readmit God and Jesus into their lives Must reject rationalism that threatened beliefs No longer focused on predestination God’s grace could be obtained through faith and good deeds
The Second Great Awakening - Impacts New sects or branches of Christianity emerged Women made up a large portion of converts Helped spur several reform and other movements: Moral Social Utopian Societies
The Second Great Awakening - Moral Reforms Temperance: Crusade against drunkenness Women played a large role in this movement Different Temperance organizations emerged in the early-mid 19th century American Temperance Society (Lyman Beecher) 1,000s of chapters throughout the US Aligned with the abolitionist movement Maine passed the first “dry” law in 1851
The Second Great Awakening - Social Reforms Education: 1830s - push for universal education Horace Mann - “Father of education” Asylum reform: Dorothea Dix - hoped to improve the treatment of the mentally ill Prison reform: Elimination of imprisonment for debtors
The Second Great Awakening - Utopian Societies Societies that sought to achieve perfection on earth Brooke Farm (Massachusetts): Residents would share in work and leisure New Harmony: “Village of cooperation” - residents lived and worked equally Oneida Community: Rejected traditional family and gender roles Practiced “free love”
Quick Recap 2nd Great Awakening: Goals and impacts Moral reforms Social reforms Utopian Societies
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