 A new religious revival characterized by emotional camp meetings  An evangelical movement which stressed preaching and emphasized the idea of salvation

 Early 1800s

 Began in Kentucky and Tennessee  Spread throughout the US

 Charles Grandison Finney

 Denominations such as Methodists and Baptists grew  New denominations were created such as the Mormons JOSEPH SMITH

 Brigham Young led the Mormons to Utah

 It was highly democratic; people believed that everyone could participate in the religious experience  WOMEN played a key role and organized groups like the Female Missionary Society

 African-Americans started their own denominations such as the African Methodist Episcopal Church founded by Richard Allen

 It lead to many social reform movements like temperance and abolitionism