Evangelical Protestant Revivalism

Question 1

2nd great awakening

Answer 1

• mid 1800s
• Charles finney - revivals
• religion becomes “feminized” for women

Question 2

burned-over district

Answer 2

• western new York
• “hellfire and damnation”
• thought Jesus Christ would return on oct. 22, 1844

Question 3

Mormons

Answer 3

• founder Joseph smith murdered in 1844 in Illinois
• Mormons move to Utah for isolation and peace
• Brigham young leads pilgrimage to Utah
• 1848 - 5,000 settlers in Utah
• society turns on Mormons for polygamy practice

Question 4

church & slavery

Answer 4

• slavery becomes a key issue in the revival of religion
• abolitionists - slavery is against god and his teachings
• slave owners - slavery is in the bible and has always been around and used
• society begins to become divided over the morality of the slavery issue

Question 5

remember this…

Answer 5

religion and slavery will become the spark that will ignite the nation into two camps - the abolitionist north and the slave-owning south

Question 6

revivals were a key of part of _____

Answer 6

the second great awakening

Question 7

the second great awakening revolved around _______-

Answer 7

religion

Question 8

in the 1800’s Mormons settled in _______ to escape religion persecution

Answer 8

utah

Question 9

all of the following can influence the type of religion and individual practices, except _________

Answer 9

talent