The Second Great Awakening Flashcards
1
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camp meetings
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- the “frontier”
- large gatherings - 25,000 people
- several days in length
- dancing, preaching, “saving”
- methodists and baptists
2
Q
charles finney
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- revival preacher
- awesome speaker
- sinners who repent would be publicly saved
- women were encourage to pray aloud in public
3
Q
feminization of religion
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- brought husbands back to God
- Sojournery Truth - ex-slave woman who would preach about her experiences in bondage
- women will take on the role of “saving” society
- abolitionist groups begin to form against slavery
4
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mormons
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- Joseph smith jr. - founder
- accusations of polygamy and forming a militia angered other churches
- forced from Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri
- settled in Utah
- formed salt lake city
- by 1848 - 5,000 had arrived in utah
- under birgham young - mormons become successful in utah
5
Q
remember this…
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religion will start the process toward a Civil War in America. Suddenly, the issue of enslaving others will come to the forefront in the United States
6
Q
camp meetings held during the time of the Second Great Awakening were often led by _________
A
charles finney
7
Q
during the second great awakening people really started to ______
A
question the moral issue of slavery
8
Q
women had not been actively involved in organized religion until _________
A
the second great awakening
9
Q
during the second great awakening, _______
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the role of women greatly increased
10
Q
most of the ideas advocated by charles finnley suggested that ________
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religion could be at the root of public reform
