Chapter 15 APUSH Katherin Umana Chapter 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture Big Picture Themes: 1. The "Second Great Awakening" began in the 1830s. It's purpose was to wake people from lackluster religion and, like the First Great Awakening, was led by passionate and emotional preachers. 2. The Mormons emerged from these beginnings and wandered westward to the Great Salt Lake. 3. Free public schools began in large measure. 4. There was push to ban alcohol called "temperance." This was…
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The Second Great Awakening began in the late eighteenth century, although really gained momentum in the early nineteenth century. This period of the early nineteenth century was an attempt at the revival of the protestant religion. During this period, Americans began to truly question and explore new ideas of a devout lifestyle. Countless people were converted and many churches were renovated and reinvigorated. Not only affecting religion, the Second Great Awakening influenced many other aspects…
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The second great awakening was a protestant revival movement that started around the early 1800’s. This awakening restored light fundamental values along with brand new moral values. This movement stressed religious salvation through good deeds and tolerance, which attracted a good quantity of people, including; women and African Americans. The second great awakening prompted many religious movements and reforms that greatly affected American society. Ultimately, it will make the United States a…
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What is the Second Great Awakening? The Great Awakening is a period of religious emerging and alteration. It was a continuation of the American colonies cleaned religious revival led by the evangelical Protestant minister. The Great Awakening was triggered by a tour of the English evangelical minister named George Whitefield. The First Great Awakening began in 1725 and continued up to 1750. The Second Great Awakening begins in the early 1800s. The Great Awakening was a religious revival in the 1700s…
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1740s the First Great Awakening occurred which was a religious reawakening that happened in Colonial America. In the first half of the nineteenth century the Second Great Awakening happened which was a religious resurgence movement that occurred across the United States. The First Great Awakening transformed religious ideology by introducing Individualism, and by promoting Calvinist ideas, such as predestination. Similarly to the First Great Awakening, the Second Great Awakening transformed religious…
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Great Awakening Essay Bridgette Davis Grand Canyon University: HTH379 (379-0101) History of Christianity November 16, 2014 I will discuss the significance of the Great Awakening (Revelation 14:6) and how it impacted the church. This was the first religious revival in the British American colonies, which spread from Europe to England. This was an important evangelical and revitalization lasting nearly 30 years. From 1720 to 1740 British American colonies encounters religious revival movement…
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The Second Great Awakening, in regards to American history, was a series of Christian religious revivals primarily taking place in the New England colonies in the early 19th century. Before the movement, there was lots of emphasis on secular rationalism and a lack of emotion and enthusiasm towards religion. Then, with the frontier ralliers and fiery sermons that came with the Second Great Awakening, much of the enthusiasm was restored. Known for its emotional and passionate preaching sermons, it…
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colonies in the New World throughout the 1700s due to religious movements provoked by settlers and ministers of the New World. Movements such as the Great Awakening encouraged settlers to challenge previous religious practices transported with immigrants from Europe. Because immigrants wished to renounce European rule and establish independent colonies, settlers were easily persuaded by evangelists to take part in the Great Awakening movement in an effort to revive religion in the New World. With reinvented…
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The Second Great Awakening was very influential in sparking the ideologies of reform in people across America. The Awakening reached its peak in the early 1800s, which was a pivotal point in America. This Great Revival sparked the formation of the abolitionist movement, the women’s rights movement, education reform, numerous religious revivals, and the temperance movement. Social, political and religious transformations altered how Americans thought about their communities, and their rapidly growing…
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"The Great Awakenings" refer to any of four phases in U.S. history during which there were marked periods of predominately Protestant revivals which focused on a renewed interest in religion in general as well as a new sense of evangelical activities coupled with an emphasis on individual guilt and a new standard for public morality. The First Great Awakening began in the mid-l 730s and. lasted until early 1743. There had been smaller revivals in prior years, most notably that led by Solomon Stoddard…
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