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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What is the Great Awakening and what happened? What is the Enlightenment and what happened? In the 1730’s and 1740’s‚ a religious movement called the Great Awakening swept through the colonies. Unlike the Great Awakening‚ which stressed religious emotion‚ the Enlightenment emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge. In the 1700’s‚ many colonists feared they had lost the religious passion that had driven their ancestors to found the colonies. The Great Awakening revolved around religion
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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 not
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THE COMPARISON OF THE FIRST AND SECOND GREAT AWAKENING Comparison of the First and Second Great Awakening There are many factors that triggered the religious revivals known as the Great Awakenings. These awakenings encouraged citizens to partake in religious ceremonies and activities. Some agreed and joined the bandwagon‚ some refused. The awakenings had aspects that resulted in great long term benefits in government‚ education‚ and society. During the 1730s
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The First Great Awakening in America - George Whitefield As Whitefield arrived in America‚ a number of regional revivals were under way. In New Jersey and Pennsylvania William Tennant and his four sons preached the new birth to Presbyterians. Tennant was fed up with the resistance of Yale and Harvard Administrators to the new evangelical fervor‚ and he founded his own school to train preachers. Derisively his school was called‚ "log college‚" but it would lead to the formation of Princeton University
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groups‚ including Lutherans‚ Catholics‚ Jews‚ Congregationalists‚ and Quakers in Pennsylvania. During the Great Awakening of the 1730s‚ the influence of older forms of Protestantism‚ especially Calvinism‚ increased dramatically throughout both regions. Until 1740‚ religion mainly united the New England region‚ while it mostly divided the mid-Atlantic region until the first Great Awakening. New England was founded by a group of Puritan Congregationalists who were originally from England‚ but who
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The Great Awakening By the early 1700’s religion had begun to slack in the colonies. Partly because many of the colonists were starting to worry more about personal riches than their own religious observances. It began after the religious developments in Europe as new ministers started arriving and spreading their word. One of the principal figures in the Great Awakening was Jonathan Edwards. Edwards is known for his "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon. In it
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Enlightenment and The Great Awakening are two movements in colonial history that had a greater impact on the lives of the new world people. The Enlightenment period took place in the 18th century and it shaped the mind of colonists‚ and The Great Awakening took place in mid 18th century and can be describe as progress of colonist’s hearts. Enlightenment is a period during the eighteenth century; it was an intellectual movement that was influenced by the European enlightenment. The Enlightenment
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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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