The Second Great Awakening

What was the Second Great Awakening?

• A political movement in the United States during the early 19th century.

• A scientific revolution in the United States during the early 19th century.

• A cultural renaissance in the United States during the early 19th century.

• A religious revival movement in the United States during the early 19th century.

When did the Second Great Awakening take place?

• late 18th century to early 19th century

• mid 17th century to early 18th century

• late 19th century to early 20th century

• late 16th century to early 17th century

Who were the key figures associated with the Second Great Awakening?

• John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison

• George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton

• Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee

• Charles Grandison Finney,

What were the main beliefs and goals of the Second Great Awakening?

• Promote individual salvation, moral reform, and social justice.

• Support the institution of slavery

• Advocate for political revolution

• Encourage materialism and consumerism

How did the Second Great Awakening impact American society?

• It led to the growth of new religious denominations, increased participation in religious activities, and sparked various social reform movements.

• It led to increased political activism and the formation of new political parties.

• It had no impact on American society.

• It caused a decline in religious participation and the closure of churches.

What role did women play in the Second Great Awakening?

• Women were primarily focused on domestic duties and did not participate in social reforms.

• Women played an active role in religious revival meetings, organizing prayer groups, and advocating for social reforms.

• Women played a passive role and were not involved in the Second Great Awakening.

• Women were only allowed to attend religious revival meetings but were not actively involved.

What were some of the major religious denominations that emerged during the Second Great Awakening?

• Buddhists, Sikhs, and Taoists

• Jews, Muslims, and Hindus

• Catholics, Lutherans, and Episcopalians

• Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians

What were some of the social reforms that were influenced by the Second Great Awakening?

• labor union movement

• environmental conservation movement

• gun control movement

• abolitionist movement, women's rights movement, temperance movement, and prison reform

How did the Second Great Awakening contribute to the growth of evangelical Christianity in America?

• By focusing on individualism and self-reliance instead of social reform.

• By discouraging religious revivalism and personal conversion.

• By promoting atheism and secularism instead of evangelical Christianity.

• By promoting religious revivalism, emphasizing personal conversion, and encouraging social reform movements.

Women gained more rights during the Second Great awakening through all of the following EXCEPT

• being admitted to colleges and having all female colleges such as Mt. Holyoke and Troy Female Seminary

• gaining notice as reformers in the areas of penal reform and abolitionism

• being elected to political office to allow them to advocate for more rights and privileges

• being more involved in the religious fervor sweeping the nation at the time, which gave them more of a role in the church hierarchy