Second Great Awakening

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. The movement inspired new ways of social activism and new denominations. Political values and social changes emerged from the Second Great Awakening through religious expression, abolitionism, and feminism. Camp meetings were a new form of
They were religious services held for multiple days. People on the frontier viewed them as a savior to their lonely lifestyle. Along with the frontier, the New England states took the renewed interest in religion as a way to change their way of thought. They began to make political and social changes based on the concepts of the new religions. The “Burned-Over District” in Upstate New York was a popular location for religious expressions. Charles Gradison Finney played an important role in this area by preaching the Gospel. These forms of religious expression spread across the United States and began to make people think about how they could apply the religious ideas to make politics and society more equal. Because of the increase in religious beliefs on morality across the country, the ideas of increasing civil rights became popular. One of the main civil rights arguments during the time was slavery. A utopian society became an ideal of the Second Great Awakening which contradicted with the prior way of life with slavery because of how slaves were treated as lesser humans and forced to work for the American people. The people for
Along with, abolitionism, feminism became a prominent social change in the time period. Because of the fight against slavery for the equal rights of African Americans as citizens, women began their own cause for equal rights in the nation. The religious influences from the Second Great Awakening on creating an equal and unified society influenced the idea of women being equal to men because if not then it would not be the type of society they believed God intended for them. Many abolitionist organizations supported the rights of women and advocated feminism along with abolitionism at the same time. Women often began as abolitionists, but then realized they could also be using their participation in anti-slavery events as leverage for their own rights as well, not just the slaves. This movement started political change in future eras of changing laws so that women had the same privileges as men in areas such as the workforce, land owning, and