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The religious movement that swept the nation shortly after 1790.

• 2nd Great Awakening

• Unitarianism

• Transcendentalism

• Utopianism

Ralph Waldo Emerson formulated a new philosophy that emphasized the value of the

simple life and the truth found in nature.

• 2nd Great Awakening

• Unitarianism

• Transcendentalism

• Utopianism

Walden tells this man’s experiences while living in a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond.

• Charles Grandison Finney

• Horace Mann

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

He played a major role in education reform in Massachusetts.

• Charles Grandison Finney

• Horace Mann

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

He was a famous preacher known for emotional meetings meant to awaken religious faith.

• Charles Grandison Finney

• Horace Mann

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

This person was famous for improving the conditions for prisons and mentally ill people.

• Dorothea Dix

• Horace Mann

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Second Great Awakening centered on the belief that a person’s salvation depended on

• the help of a minister

• ones own efforts & actions

• God

• attendance at church