Second Great Awakening Research Paper
Everrett Valdovinos
Mr. Frankenbush-3
APUSH
18 November 2014
Expository Essay Between the years of 1800-1860 America began to see the world in a more secular view. Because of the Second Great Awakening there were two major reform movements known as the abolition movement and the religious reforms. First I will talk about how The Second Great Awakening was a movement which was a reaction against the liberal beliefs of Thomas Jefferson and other diest and led to religious reforms. The Second Great Awakening started mainly in the south and worked its way up north and then to the rest of the country along with encouraging evangelism, this lead to the many new organized churches and conversions. The Second Great awakening mainly benefitted the …show more content…
The final rule which the shakers had to practice was celibacy, because when mother Ann had a husband she had four children who all died in child birth so this meant that it was a sign from God to be celibate. Another religious group which emerged during the 19th century was the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints also known as the Mormons. The Mormons were a group that was primarily organized by Joseph Smith in 1830 as a result of the angel Moroni visiting him in his bedroom. Along with the shakers the Mormons were not very accepted amongst their peers so due to persecution Smith and his followers traveled from New York to Ohio to Illinois where Smith was murdered. Eventually they migrated to Utah under the direction of Brigham Young. The final religious revival which occurred during the 1830s was the Oneida Community. The Oneida community was founded in 1834 by John Humphrey Noyes, as he progress with his ideas he realized he needed money to fund his project. This is where Harriet Holton began to financially support Noyes. With the money Noyes bought a printing press and began published a newspaper called “The Witness”. The Oneida community had306 at its peak when they originally derived from 86. The Oneida community had very distinct practices such as complex marriage, male continence, confession, and the millennial kingdom but one practice that was seen in all of the other religious revivals including both the Shakers and the Mormons was equality amongst both sexes. The reasons all religious revivals all practiced equality amongst the sexes was to create a perfect society in which they resembled the life of Jesus. Sadly this meant they could not drink
Mr. Frankenbush-3
APUSH
18 November 2014
Expository Essay Between the years of 1800-1860 America began to see the world in a more secular view. Because of the Second Great Awakening there were two major reform movements known as the abolition movement and the religious reforms. First I will talk about how The Second Great Awakening was a movement which was a reaction against the liberal beliefs of Thomas Jefferson and other diest and led to religious reforms. The Second Great Awakening started mainly in the south and worked its way up north and then to the rest of the country along with encouraging evangelism, this lead to the many new organized churches and conversions. The Second Great awakening mainly benefitted the …show more content…
The final rule which the shakers had to practice was celibacy, because when mother Ann had a husband she had four children who all died in child birth so this meant that it was a sign from God to be celibate. Another religious group which emerged during the 19th century was the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints also known as the Mormons. The Mormons were a group that was primarily organized by Joseph Smith in 1830 as a result of the angel Moroni visiting him in his bedroom. Along with the shakers the Mormons were not very accepted amongst their peers so due to persecution Smith and his followers traveled from New York to Ohio to Illinois where Smith was murdered. Eventually they migrated to Utah under the direction of Brigham Young. The final religious revival which occurred during the 1830s was the Oneida Community. The Oneida community was founded in 1834 by John Humphrey Noyes, as he progress with his ideas he realized he needed money to fund his project. This is where Harriet Holton began to financially support Noyes. With the money Noyes bought a printing press and began published a newspaper called “The Witness”. The Oneida community had306 at its peak when they originally derived from 86. The Oneida community had very distinct practices such as complex marriage, male continence, confession, and the millennial kingdom but one practice that was seen in all of the other religious revivals including both the Shakers and the Mormons was equality amongst both sexes. The reasons all religious revivals all practiced equality amongst the sexes was to create a perfect society in which they resembled the life of Jesus. Sadly this meant they could not drink