There was evidence of progress in the role of white middle class women‚ between 1815 and 1860‚ due to the commercial economy and the religious revival brought on by the antebellum market revolution and Second Great Awakening. For these white women‚ the positive affects can be seen in their dominance within their families‚ their influential movements for societal reform‚ and their independence gained form an industrial workplace while the roles of female black slaves were neither improved nor affected
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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 he became a success
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Lamentable is the situation of these people‚” stated an Episcopal preacher from the Second Great Awakening. Before the 1780s‚ America was becoming a nation vacant from God and religion. Less and less people attended local churches. However‚ several preachers saw the direction America leaned towards and started Protestant movements‚ which became known as the famous Second Great Awakening. The Second Great Awakening embarked as a movement to bring religion to the recently settled Americans‚ was the
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Second Great Awakening In the late 1820s and 1830s a religious revival called the Second Great Awakening had a strong impact on the American religion and reform. It grew partly out of evangelical opposition to the deism associated with the French Revolution and gathered strength in 1826‚ when Charles Grandsoin Finney preacher conducted a revival. Many people saw religion as a social gathering since people didn’t get out much in the 1800s it made going to church and being holy a more enjoyable
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include the Second Great Awakening‚ social inequities‚ and industrialization and economic changes. The Second Great Awakening sparked a religious revival that influenced the motivations of reformers‚ social inequities brought light to the issues that needed repairing‚ and economic developments created issues with their rapid change. The 19th century witnessed a profound change in religious endeavors through a religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening. The Second Great Awakening was characterized
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What is The Great Awakening? The Awakening was a period of great revivalism that spread throughout the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. It deemphasized the importance of church doctrine and instead put a greater importance on the individual and their spiritual experience. What most people refer to as “the first Great Awakening” can be described as a renewal of religion that swept through the colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s. The beginnings of the first Great Awakening appeared among 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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Topic: Woman during the early 18th century. Thesis Statement: The rise of the Second Great Awakening changed the public perspective on the lives and duties of women‚ giving them the opportunity to embrace new social roles‚ under the mantle of being domestic and maternal‚ such as social activists for equal rights‚ workers in textile mills‚ and nurses during the American Civil War. Topic Sentence 1: The Second Great Awakening ignited a change in the public perspective of women‚ as clergymen who were interested
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The influence of the Second Great Awakening played a huge role in social reforms in the United States. Between 1825 through 1850‚ society in the United States was changing due to transitions and the desire for control and order. People found themselves living in social instability and in a society were values were being challenged. Because of the Second Great Awakening‚ it encouraged an excitement of evangelicalism that led to a movement towards reforms. These movements brought up various issues
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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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