1. Cultural, Social and Religious Life
Chapter 7 Section 1
Cultural, Social and Religious Life

2. What makes a society unique?

3. Scholarship
Art
Education

4. Education
Noah Webster compiles the American Dictionary of the English Language
Some states required free education for children

5. Benjamin Rush Doctor Scientist Revolutionary
Represented PA in Continental Congress

6. Charles Wilson Peale
Artist

7. Phillis Wheatley
Young enslaved woman from Senegal
Became a poet

8. Republican virtues Self reliance Hard work Frugality Harmony
Sacrificing for the good of the community

9. Why were Republican Virtues considered important?
It was believed that Americans would need these in order to form the new Republic

10. Republican Woman
One who had the virtues that would help her contribute to the success of the republic.

11. Social changes Population growth
Social mobility- people were free to move place to place

12. What factors drove population growth in the early 1800s?
A great increase in the number of births

13. Religious Renewal
Second Great Awakening- Powerful religious movement from the early 1800s
Evangelical in nature

14. Evangelical The Bible is the final authority
Salvation is achieved only through personal belief in Jesus Christ
People demonstrate beliefs by living a “transformed lifestyle”

15. Congregation Members of the church
Focus was on the congregation rather than the ministers
SGA was very democratic because of this

16. Revival Common feature of SGA
Gathering where people were “revived” or brought back to a religious life
Listening to preachers
Accepting Jesus

17. New Denominations Religious subgroups
Experienced rapid growth during SGA
Baptists, Methodists, Unitarians, Mormons, etc…

18. How did the Second Great Awakening lead to the growth of new Christian denominations?
Baptist churches grew because they reflected the evangelical zeal of the 2nd Great Awakening
Methodism was well suited to frontier life and appealed to common people

19. Unitarianism offered hope and appealed to reason
The Mormon faith also gained followers due to the simplicity of its doctrine

20. Mercy Otis Warren
Was Mercy Otis warren a good example of a “republican woman”? Why or why not?