The Second Great Awakening-1800's

The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were two historical events that shaped the thoughts of people and religion in America. The most important factor in both of these events is the common theme of reason behind the movements. The Great Awakening began about the 1930's and reached its climax ten years later in 1740. What exactly was the Great Awakening? It was a wave of religion revivals sweeping through New England that increased conversions and church membership. The beginnings of the Great Awakening were in Pennsylvania and New Jersey among Presbyterians and then spread to the Puritans and Baptists of New England. They were encouraged to confess sins done freely to the church in order to receive forgiveness. This whole movement was

In the 1830's, 1840's, and beyond, There is a Second Great Awakening. The Second Great Awakening had a decided impact on American society. In the following I will describe what the Great Awakening was and how it changed life in America.

The Second Great Awakening revolved around the new concept of national reform through religious and moral changes. These changes and transitions occurred for the benefit of the country, by withdrawing the negative aspects of society such as alcohol overuse, low quality education and prisons, and most notably slavery. Religious leaders encouraged salvation and worshipping the Christian God to be best solution for successfully reforming and improving the nation’s predicaments. Religious ideas had a remarkable role constructing reform movements in the first half of the nineteenth century in behalf of religion offering the most moral and logical path towards a better society. People of the United States were in necessity of reforms, applying the religious ideas opened up new resolutions for all classes, races, and groups of people.

Throughout history, literature has served as a prominent tool in the examination of social values, ideas, and dreams. In addition, literature has provided a vital connection between historical, social, and political events. Through the incorporation of religious principles and philosophies, writers have discovered a way to portray different time periods, characters, feelings, and most importantly God.

The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival that gave new religious applications of old Enlightenment ideals of democracy and

The First Great Awakening was a religious revival that swept across Colonial America in the 18th century. The First Great Awakening changed the colonists attitudes toward religion and helped pave the way for the American Revolution. It impacted the way colonists worshipped and gave them a sense of independence. This paper will look at the cause and effect of the First Great Awakening.

The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival movement during the 19th century that challenged women’s traditional roles in religion. The Second Great Awakening gave women a more effective role in society. For Elijah Pierson and his wife

The Second Great Awakening swept across the United States, lasting from the 1790s to the 1870s. Between the 1820s and 1840s, the Christian revival was at its peak. The revivalism quickly went to reform, however. The northern part of the Great Awakening, inspired a great movement to social reform. Many converts of the Second Great Awakening were quite determined to win as many people as they could to Christ.

Reform Movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals began in the 1820s throughout the 1850s with the address of major issues from slavery and suffrage to the Second Great Awakening. Slavery began in the south as a way to for upperclassmen to make money. Suffrage began as a way for women to vote with the concept of equality. The Second Great Awakening advocated change that was led by religious leaders. Slavery was a way of living leading up to the 17th century, many activists such as Frederick Douglass lead the movement to abolish slavery in the South.

The second great awakening was the emergence of new religious branches. There were three main branches that influences the Unites States as it grew and was still trying to rid of the English ways. these three branches were named Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian. All three of these branches grew quickly in popularity. The most popular however was the Presbyterian church. All of these shares the same core belief but held different values and reasons for existence. The presbyterian church is part of what I feel helped push the western expiation to continue further. This is due to the one message they wanted to convey to others, " Salvation is available not just to a select few, as the Calvinist Puritans have claimed, but to anyone who repents and embraces Christ". Other religious view were adopted in this time that caused the population to see the world in a new light and gain more spiritual growth.

The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival in the United States during the early nineteenth century. The effects of the Second Great Awakening included the popularization of perfectionism, the Industrial Revolution, and the eventual abolition of slavery. Perfectionism is the idea that individuals and society had the capability for indefinite improvement. It was popularized by the idea that Jesus would only return if the entire world and all people were perfect. These ideas lead to various reform movements like temperance, colonization, abolition and women’s rights.

of religon. More people came to church for the worship of god from their heart.

Function: During the freedom of Americas grasp of great Britain and many years of development America was the land of the free and soon to be land of free religious rights. This soon became known as "The First Great Awakening" the time were religion started to spread and it gave the people the choice to convert to a new religion, stay a in there own religion, or not believe anything at all and remain neutral. A man named Jonathan Edwards who was a puritan wanted to spread the catholic faith of god had a sermon on July 8, 1741 in Massachusetts about "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God". In his speech he gave a very detailed description of what would happen if you sinned and go against god. In the first part he talks about hell "That world

I believe the Second Great Awakening was a revivalist movement. Religion was dying in the United States and it was not only getting brought back but highly promoted. The revival of the different religions brought comfort to the Americans that were struggling with the great changes of the day. The revivals also revealed strains within the Methodist and Baptist churches. The Second Great Awakening was connected with the political developments of the time by organizing to address specific social needs. Social problems such as intemperance, vice, and crime. The Awakening was also associated to the political developments of the temperance movement, women’s suffrage, and the Anti-Slavery Abolitionist

The 2nd Great Awakening began around the 1800s and gained prominence in 1820s, lasted till the 1900s. The 2nd Great awakening is a religious