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    Prophet and the turbulent religious movements that arose in the late 1820s and 1830. This is under the chapter entitled‚ Prologue: Two Prophets at Kirtland. Beginning with Prophet Matthias travelling to Mormon Settlement in Kirtland‚ the chapter fundamentally focuses on the religious terrain that Matthias endured after release from prison. While his attempt to endear himself to the Mormon Prophet Smith and the Mormon Church failed‚ he played a role in the Second Great Awakening. During the period‚ the

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    Religion/Cultural Influences The Second Great Awakening‚ also known as the Great Revival‚ changed not only the upper class‚ well-educated people’s perspective of religious teachings‚ but also the lower and less wealthy class. This Great Awakening was not specific to any area of America‚ but it was mainly active in the Northeast and Midwest. This awakening brought to attention the rights of people‚ including women and slaves‚ and abstinence from alcohol. This lead to people making decisions in their

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    Identify the major reform movements of the Second Great Awakening. To what extent were reformers during the Second Great awakening successful in achieving their goals? The reformers of the Great Awakening were very effective in achieving their goals due to their future advancements‚ and the major reform movements included reforms in abolition‚ Women’s rights‚ and Temperance. The abolition movement spread the idea that that slavery was wrong. It would eventually lead to the outlaw of slavery during

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    The Second Great Awakening was a spiritual resurgence that saw early Americans dedicate themselves not only to Christian ideals but also to freeing the slaves. The northern wing of the Second Great Awakening led to social reform (387). It was characterized by large camp meetings where the ideals of egalitarianism‚ a belief in human equality‚ were exposed to the masses of people who attended. These meetings were highly attended and promoted a sense of community and social discipline (383). One of

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    chapters that he wrote was called Why some Americans Manifest A sort of Fanatical Spiritualism‚ which is about the Second Great Awakening. Toequerville said in his observation that he thought it was strange that Americans would travel such great distances to hear a sermon that would last for days at a time. People would do this because they wanted to gain eternal life. One preacher who was important to The Second Great Awakening was Charles Finny. He was a preacher who was raised in New York‚ and

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    The Second Great Awakening was an enormous religious revival that swept the  American nation in the beginning of the 19th century. A revival is defined by Webster’s  Dictionary as “the growth of something or an increase in the activity of something after a long  period of no growth or activity.” This revival caused an unfathomable amount of permanent  change to the United States. The Second Great Awakening converted millions of Americans‚  resulted in several new denominations of faith‚ changed the the way the American people 

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    The industrial revolution/evolution was a major change to nineteenth century Britain. It revolutionised the effectiveness of agriculture so farming could be done all year round. Machines were created such as the steam engine and the water frame were made to make difficult tasks easier as mining and weaving. New methods of transportation were developed from the steam powered train to canals that made resource and human transport efferent and cheap. But what makes it a revolution or an evolution. A

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    The Great Awakening was a period of time where radically new questions against former religious practices were contrived. While it never necessarily brought attention toward the state of politics in the colonies‚ I believe that it stirred thought among the people in an eerily similar way that occurs during the American Revolution. Thusly‚ the following will entail how the stagnation and subsequent rallies against religion parallel those of politics of the Revolution. If one thinks of the growth

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    Jack Molino As America was changing in the early 19th century with politics‚ westward expansion‚ economic advancements etc.‚ citizens needed order in their life. The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival in the early 19th century‚ which did exactly what the citizens needed: put order in their life spiritually. This second great awakening helped people personally connect with god and come to realizations about society with new movements being created. However‚ questions that is debated is

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    years of 1800-1860 America began to see the world in a more secular view. Because of the Second Great Awakening there were two major reform movements known as the abolition movement and the religious reforms. First I will talk about how The Second Great Awakening was a movement which was a reaction against the liberal beliefs of Thomas Jefferson and other diest and led to religious reforms. The Second Great Awakening started mainly in the south and worked its way up north and then to the rest of the country

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