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The Second Great
Awakening
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Background
• By the end of the 18th century, ideas of religious skepticism,
secularism, and rationalism spread throughout the United
States.
• The Age of Enlightenment had had a profound effect on the
religious beliefs of the people. Many educated Americans no longer
practiced traditional Christian beliefs.
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Background
• In reaction to the Secularism of the Age,
several episodes of Protestant revival
movements gained momentum in the
United States.
• We call this movement The Second
Great Awakening.
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Age of Enlightenment
• The Age of Enlightenment had brought about changes in the way
people viewed religion and practiced their faith.
• Attention had been shifted from Church tradition and dogmatic
principles to individualism and rationalism.
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The Second Great Awakening
• The Second Great Awakening revived national interest
in religion.
– Enrolled millions of new members in existing evangelical
denominations
– led to the formation of several new denominations throughout
the country.
– Paved the way for social reform throughout the country
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Map View
• The Second Great
Awakening in American
history consisted of several
different kinds of social
activity, mainly
distinguished by location.
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Major Areas:
• New England
• Kentucky
• Tennessee
• Western New York
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New England
• The Spread of Evangelism caused by the Revivals in New England
inspired many forms of organized social activism.
• The Second Great Awakening in New England gave rise to
organizations such as
– Abolition Groups
– Interdenominational Missionary Societies.
– The Society for the Promotion of Temperance.
– American Bible Society
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Western New York
• The Area from Lake Ontario to the Adirondack Mountains
became known as the Burned-Over-District.
– This was because the area had seen so many religious revivals in the past
that almost all of its residents had been heavily evangelized.
– Ergo there was no more fuel left to burn.
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Charles Grandison Finney
• The Man who coined the term “Burned-Over District”was no
other than Charles Grandison Finney, the man who’s largely
responsible for the revival in the area.
– “The Father of Modern Revivalism”
– Lead the revival in the Burned-Over-District
– Innovations in preaching and religious meetings,
• Carefully planned
• Advertising
• Showmanship.
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Appalachian Region:
• The Second Great Awakening spread very quickly throughout
Kentucky, Tennessee, and southern Ohio.
• The rapid spread of Evangelism throughout the West was largely
caused by the prominent denominations of the area.
– Baptists
– Methodists
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Revival Characteristics
• The speed at which the revival spread benefited greatly from the
strategies evangelists would use to recruit members.
– Missionary Societies
• Members would spread throughout the country as educators and apostles of
faith.
– Circuit Riders
• Clergy men who would travel around to minister to settlers along the frontier.
– Camp Meetings
• An Evangelical event held for worship, preaching and communion on the
western frontier.
• Extremely common and effective.
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Camp Meetings
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Reforms
• The Revivals sparked interest in social reforms across the nation.
– Abolition Groups
– Education
– Prison Systems
– Care for Mentally Disabled Temperance Movement
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Works Cited
"Religious Transformation and the Second Great Awakening." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, n.d. Web. 6 Sept. 2013. <http://www.ushistory.org/us/22c.asp>.
Scott, Donald. "Evangelicalism, Revivalism, and the Second Great Awakening, The Nineteenth Century, Divining America: Religion in American History, TeacherServe, National Humanities Center." Evangelicalism, Revivalism, and the Second Great Awakening, The Nineteenth Century, Divining America: Religion in American History, TeacherServe, National Humanities Center. Queens College / City University of New York, Oct. 2000. Web. 7 Sept. 2013.
<http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nineteen/nkeyinfo/nevanrev.htm>.
"The Second Great Awakening." The Second Great Awakening. N.p., n.d.Web. 5 Sept. 2013. <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1091.html>.