1. Shoutout to Ms. McDougall’s Class in Santa Cruz. Best of luck!
APUSH Review: Video #27: The Second Great Awakening (Key Concept 4.1, II, A)
Shoutout to Ms. McDougall’s Class in Santa Cruz. Best of luck!
Everything You Need To Know About The Second Great Awakening To Succeed In APUSH

2. The Second Great Awakening - An Intro
What was it?
Religious revival that spurred reforms in America
When was it?
Early 19th century

3. The Second Great Awakening - Causes
Changes to society as a result of the market revolution
Social and geographic mobility

4. The Second Great Awakening - Cane Ridge & Charles G. Finney
Cane Ridge - located in KY
“Camp meeting” - large church gathering of 25,000 people
Charles G. Finney:
Prominent preacher of the Second Great Awakening

5. The Second Great Awakening - Message
People must readmit God and Jesus into their lives
Must reject rationalism that threatened beliefs
No longer focused on predestination
God’s grace could be obtained through faith and good deeds

6. The Second Great Awakening - Impacts
New sects or branches of Christianity emerged
Women made up a large portion of converts
Helped spur several reform and other movements:
Moral
Social
Utopian Societies

7. The Second Great Awakening - Moral Reforms
Temperance:
Crusade against drunkenness
Women played a large role in this movement
Different Temperance organizations emerged in the early-mid 19th century
American Temperance Society (Lyman Beecher)
1,000s of chapters throughout the US
Aligned with the abolitionist movement
Maine passed the first “dry” law in 1851

8. The Second Great Awakening - Social Reforms
Education:
1830s - push for universal education
Horace Mann - “Father of education”
Asylum reform:
Dorothea Dix - hoped to improve the treatment of the mentally ill
Prison reform:
Elimination of imprisonment for debtors

9. The Second Great Awakening - Utopian Societies
Societies that sought to achieve perfection on earth
Brooke Farm (Massachusetts):
Residents would share in work and leisure
New Harmony:
“Village of cooperation” - residents lived and worked equally
Oneida Community:
Rejected traditional family and gender roles
Practiced “free love”

10. Quick Recap 2nd Great Awakening: Goals and impacts Moral reforms
Social reforms
Utopian Societies

11. See You Back Here For Video #28: Women’s Rights Movement & The Seneca Falls Convention
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