The Second Great Awakening
What it was:
The Second Great Awakening consisted of many forms of religious revivals and religious reform groups offering salvation for all.
Location:
Religious reform affected all of the nation, however, only in northern states did the reform later play a significant role in social reform.
Important figures and groups:
Impact:
The religious revivals of The Second Great Awakening made Americans see the evils of society, making them want to create a perfect society and created the wanting for reform movements for the perfecting process. These reform movements later created either nationalism or sectionalism.
The Second Great Awakening consisted of many forms of religious revivals and religious reform groups offering salvation for all.
Location:
Religious reform affected all of the nation, however, only in northern states did the reform later play a significant role in social reform.
Important figures and groups:
- Charles Grandison Finney
- Mormons
- Transcendentalists
- Shakers
- New Harmony
Impact:
The religious revivals of The Second Great Awakening made Americans see the evils of society, making them want to create a perfect society and created the wanting for reform movements for the perfecting process. These reform movements later created either nationalism or sectionalism.