what ways did the Second Great Awakening in the North influence TWO of the following? Abolitionism Temperance Utopian communities The Second Great Awakening was a powerful religious revival that swept the nation during the mid 1800s. While it was potent in every region of the country‚ it had a particular effect on three social areas of the North: abolitionism‚ temperance‚ and the development of utopian communities. All three rose from the ideas of the Second Great Awakening‚ which held that
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The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival lead by the preacher Charles G. Finney. The revival was based on the idea of showing faith to God by doing good things within society and acting with moral correctness. As a whole this religious revival encouraged democratic ideas and bettered the standard of the common man. The Second Great Awakening inspired several movements including the movement for abolitionism and the movement for temperance in society in the North. Abolitionism was an issue
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“IN WHAT WAYS DID THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING INFLUENCE AMERICAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE?” In the thirty year span between 1830 and 1860‚ the Second Great Awakening did much to change the modern American mind by sparking the abolitionist movement‚ empowering women (in their domestic sphere) and forming the cult of domesticity‚ partially fixing the corrupt government through the temperance movement‚ and in the creation of many utopian societies by radical religious populations. Puritanism was kicked
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The Cult of Domesticity: Securing the 19th Century Woman in the Home During the Antebellum age of America‚ new values and ideals began to arise. These ideals were reflected in the households of middle class citizens and grouped together to create the “Cult of Domesticity.” The cult helped form the foundation of female inferiority in the male dominated society. As “slaves” to the home‚ women were to uphold morals that were no longer relevant in the new industrialized world. The ideas that led
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Time and time again‚ people have turned to religion for answers during times of great change‚ such as the burgeoning industrialization of antebellum America in the 1800’s. The Second Great Awakening swept through America as a reaction against the spread of rationalism and the weakening clutch of churches over their followers. With its touch‚ America grew invigorated over religious beliefs such as equality and temperance. Reform movements sprung and spread like wildfire‚ affecting nearly every apspect
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The Second Great Awakening was the second revolution religious movement of revival during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began in 1790 and grew rapidly‚ increasing the involvement of people in different religions‚ mainly the Baptist and Methodist churches‚ and creating new denominations‚ such as the Mormons and the Seventh Day Adventists. Many religious leaders of the congregations preached about their religions to people all over the country‚ converting them to their religion
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19th and early 20th century‚ strict and confining gender roles existed for women throughout the United States. While men were able to pursue out-of-house careers‚ women were trapped in a Cult of Domesticity‚ disabling them from acting in a “manly” manner in fear of losing their reputation. In this Cult of Domesticity‚ women were born and bred simply to marry a man with a higher social status and monetary value‚ and procreate with them to form a family. However‚ because the women of this era were raised
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argue that the “cult of domesticity” and child-centered families were a restriction on women status and condition. However‚ I believe they were key reasons as to why women status and conditions improved. Yes they further separated the private world of women from the public world of men‚ but I feel like these ideals did so much more. As single women who worked jobs married‚ they dropped their paying occupations to work as wives and mothers. They were immersed in the “cult of domesticity”‚ which became
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25/1/12 The Cult of Domesticity was a guideline that required women to be inferior and submissive compared to men. Many of Emily Dickinson’s poems were written in secret because of the treatment of women in her time period. “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin were written from their position of male dominance and domesticated women. Many of the ideals specifically submissiveness‚ domesticity and piety present in the Cult of Domesticity‚ are represented
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revivals were set in motion: The Great Awakenings. These were a series of large‚ sweeping religious‚ social‚ and political changes that sought to use the basis of religion to revive faith in a neglected belief‚ bring about numerous social reforms‚ and use political factions to great effect upon society’s mentality. Although most view the First Great Awakening as the first’ and greatest’ religious‚ social‚ and political influence to American society‚ the second Great Awakening can be considered far more
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