Second Awakening

Question 1

What was the Second Great Awakening and how did it spark reform in America? What kind of reforms came out of it?

Answer 1

The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival movement that happened across America in the early 19th century. The movement inspired a perfectionist mentality since it believed in unlimited human capacity. The mentality urged American political and social reforms such as public education, women’s rights movement, temperance, reform of the treatment of the disabled, and the antislavery movement.