4.10 The Second Great Awakening Flashcards
What was the Second Great Awakening?
A serious of religious revivals among Protestant Christians that emphasized righteous living, personal restraint, and a strong moral behavior that would lead a person and society to salvation
Why did the Second Great Awakening spread rapidly across America?
Methodists and Baptists scheduled Camp Meetings across the country
What were Camp Meetings?
Multiple preachers spoke with great emotion all day every day
What factors caused the Second Great Awakening?
- The Market Revolution
- The Rising Tide of Democratic and Individualistic beliefs
- Rejection of Rationalism in favor of Romanticism
How did the Market Revolution partially cause the Second Great Awakening?
Individuals learned that success and failure economically was in their own hands so preachers applied that theory spiritually
How does the Second Great Awakening differ from the First Great Awakening?
The First Great Awakening was led by Calvinists such as Jonathan Edwards who believed eternal salvation was in the hands of God alone. The Second Great Awakening said it was based on individual good works and moralism
How did rising democratic and individualistic ideas lead to the Second Great Awakening?
The Camp Meetings were largely egalitarian and allowed people to practice their democratic ideals as equals
What was Romanticism?
A movement that championed an emotional reality over a rational reality
Who was an example of a preacher during the Second Great Awakening?
Charles Grandison Finney
How does Finney’s Preaching illustrate romanticism and a change from Jonathan Edward’s philosophical preaching? (5 WAYS)
- Less God-centered
- Less philosophical
- More emotional with goal of bringing the emotions out of the audience
- Easy to understand language
- Focused on moral reformation of society
What were some other movements inspired by the Second Great Awakening?
- The Temperance Movement
- Mormonism
