1. Aim #27: What was the Second Great Awakening? Do now! PUT ANSWERS ON SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rows 1 and 2 (closest to door): read “Camp Meetings” and answer questions Rows 3 and 4: read “Reasons for the Second Great Awakening” Rows 5 and 6: read “Outcomes of the Great Awakening”

2. (I) Characteristics a. Massive religious meetings known as revival or “camp meetings” (25,000 at some gatherings) b. Mostly in the rural areas of New England, Middle States, and Western areas of the U.S. c. Energetic; based on revelation and faith conversion d. Very democratic in nature 1. Majority were women 2. slaves attended 3. Working class e. Spread by itinerant preachers (travel from place to place) f. Good works and helping solve societies problems path to salvation

3. The Intensity of SGA 1831 Camp Meetings Abolitionist Meetings

4. (II) Second Great Awakening: Comparison (MAKE A T-CHART) First Great Awakening Second Great Awakening God Granted SalvationIndividuals controlled salvation Sinful nature of humansInnate goodness of human Incapacity to change behaviorCapacity to change behavior Stressed personal accountability Spread and expanded religion “Fire and Brimstone”

5. Cane Ridge Revival (1801) Kentucky Week long; 25, 000 attendees By comparison: the most populous city in Kentucky: Lexington: 1,795

6. (III) Charles G. Finney  a. Most prominent and dynamic preacher of the SGA  b. Began preaching in upstate NY in “burned out” district  c. believed that people could choose their salvation by doing good works 1. Believed in freewill rather than predestination  c. Controversial because:  1. Abolitionist  2. public praying of women in mixed-sex audiences  3. praying for people by name  4. offered immediate church membership for converts.

7. IV. Outcomes a. Inspired a wave of social activism in areas such as: 1. Abolitionists 2. Temperance 3. Reform of prisons 4. Care for the mentally ill b. Encourages the emergence of new denominations (Methodists, Baptists, Mormons, 7 th Day Adventists, Dentists (just seeing if you are paying attention)

8. 1816 -> American Bible Society Founded

9. Religious GroupsBeliefs Unitarians Believe Jesus was a great teacher not the Son of God God is a unity, not a trinity Universalists Universal salvation Reject the idea of hell Mormons Followers of Joseph Smith Believe God is coming and they Need to build a kingdom on Earth to receive him Shakers Believe in communal life Because they did not marry or Have children, their church could Grow only through converts

10. Reform Abolitionism

11. Reform Temperance

12. Reform Treatment of Mentally Ill Dorothea Dix

13. Reform Prisons

14. Reform Utopian Experiments

15. Reform Education

16. Reform Status of Women