4.9 The Second Great Awakening

Which statement best explains how the Second Great Awakening influenced change in American society?

• It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.

• It inspired the growth of social reform movements.

• It led to the industrialization of northern cities

• It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.

Which statement accurately describes the Second Great Awakening?

• It was a religious revival that emphasized quiet and unemotional worship of God.

• It was a religious revival that emphasized equality and improvement.

• It was a religious revival that emphasized the Catholic faith.

• It was a religious revival that emphasized the power of God to decide a person’s fate.

Which of the following represents the best definition of The Second Great Awakening?

• Salvation can only be achieved through a personal belief in Jesus Christ in some cases.

• People demonstrate true faith by leading a transformed life and by performing good deeds.

• Religion is the only way to solve the world's problems.

• The idea of including all people in the religious experience, not just rich people.

True or False: As a result of the Second Great Awakening (a series of revivals in the 1790s-early 1800s), the dominant form of Christianity in America became evangelical Protestantism

• True

• False

Define the term suffrage

• the right to live

• the right to protest

• the right to vote

• the right to educate

What are the TWO factors that led to growth of abolition movement in North in 1820s and 1830s.

• The Second Great Awakening (starts 1801) inspired a reform spirit in the North

• Agitation of black abolitionists and signs of black unrest in the South inspired white abolitionists

• Southern postmasters refused to deliver antislavery literature

• In 1835 President Andrew Jackson unsuccessfully petitioned Congress to ban the mailing of abolitionist pamphlets

This was a time of renewed vigor for religious feelings.

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• Second Great Awakening

• Revival Movement

What morals were preached during this time?

• democracy and Americanism

• sectionalism

• responsibility and individualism

• Christianity and Charity

What was the name of the large gatherings where preachers shared ideas

• Sunday Service or Mass

• Church

• Revival or Camps

• Baptism or Salvation

In what way did the ideas of the Declaration of Sentiments differ from the ideas found in the Declaration of Independence?

• The Declaration of Sentiments was written by Thomas Jefferson
• The Declaration of Independence granted voting rights to men and women
• The Declaration of Independence supported the idea of nullification
• The Declaration of Sentiments included the equality of men and women