Casey Hungreder History G Period 12/5/11 DBQ: Part B - Question 3 The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival that occurred in the United States beginnig in the early-mid nineteenth century and lasted until the end of the nineteenth century. While it occurred in all parts of the United States‚ it was especially strong in the Northeast and the Midwest. The Second Great Awakening implemented an important impact on American religious history. During this time period‚ the numerical strength
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The Second Great Awakening had a large impact on reform movements in the first half of the nineteenth century such as various social groups actions‚ how religion was viewed‚ and concepts. The impact can be seen in events and topics such as the feminist movement‚ what a revival of religion is‚ and the temperance movement. This time period impacted different social groups actions and what they did to change their conditions. In Document 3‚ David Walker talks about how coloured people should be spreading
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The Second Great Awakening in the early nineteenth century was about making people more noble‚ God-fearing‚ and erudite. Stemmed from the repercussion against the deist faith‚ Americans began pouring their time and energy into religious resurgences and reform movements. This uproar of religious groundswell sparked massive social reforms that amplified throughout the country. The idea that everyone can be saved‚ and everybody is worthy of salvation‚ heightened the interaction between one another
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In Antebellum America‚ a Second Great Awakening swept the nation through fervorous Protestant religious revivals. As a matter of fact‚ 75% of Americans attended church regularly during this time. The Second Great Awakening was an important period in history because many religions‚ denominations‚ and utopian societies were founded‚ it shaped the way churches are now‚ and it influenced many more important movements in American history. The Second Great Awakening was a time in which Protestant revivals
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The Second Great Awakening was an enormous religious revival that swept the American nation in the beginning of the 19th century. A revival is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “the growth of something or an increase in the activity of something after a long period of no growth or activity.” This revival caused an unfathomable amount of permanent change to the United States. The Second Great Awakening converted millions of Americans‚ resulted in several new denominations of faith‚ changed the the way the American people
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Church was extremely strict on their teachings and influence in society. But in the early 19th century in the United States of America‚ a religious revival was founded by Protestants – the Second Great Awakening‚ although it began around 1790‚ the Second Great Awakening gained power by 1800. The Second Great Awakening is a revival movement that encourages people to find salvation and improve society. The church leaders preaching touched the hearts and minds of many people‚ including the people who do
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Neal Dow helped pass the first prohibition law in 1846; the Maine Law. By 1860‚ Horace Mann of Massachusetts help to make sure that every state has compulsory childhood education. Women’s rights became increasingly popular during the Second Great Awakening. It had its roots in the abolition movement. Document C depicts a women in chains‚ this is more than likely how women of that era felt about their position in government or anywhere else for that matter. Many women were involved in this reform
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Nineteenth century America contained a bewildering array of Protestant sects and denominations‚ with different doctrines‚ practices‚ and organizational forms. But by the 1830s almost all of these bodies had a deep evangelical emphasis in common. Protestantism has always contained an important evangelical strain‚ but it was in the nineteenth century that a particular style of evangelicalism became the dominant form of spiritual expression. What above all else characterized this evangelicalism was
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History – The First and Second Great Awakenings had several things in common. They were both religious revival movements that was cause by a desire for liberalism in religion. They both appealed to human emotions to create change‚ played roles in expanding women membership in the church‚ developing new religious denominations‚ and addressing social issue such as racism and slavery. The end of World War II also put an end the era of colonialism. There were many new nations popping up that wanted to
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####### #### Professor AMH2010 20 November 2013 The First Great Awakening versus the Second Great Awakening When trying to define the great awakening‚ one would say it’s a period of time that consisted of numerous religious revivals that took place in American colonies during the 18th and 19th century. A revival is an upturn in the state or strength of something. However‚ when talking about the great awakening a revival is used in a spiritual context because it means an escalation in spiritual
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