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1 The Second Great Awakening Leah Dunlap and Grace Sexton

2 The Second Great Awakening Who: Charles Finney and Timothy Dwight What: A Christian revival marked by earnest devotion to study and Christian living. When: began toward the end of the 18 th century Where: began in New England Why: resulted in the founded of many societies whose purpose was to advance the gospel. These societies are The American Bible Society (founded in 1816) and The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (founded in 1810)

3 About the Second Great Awakening/ background information on the Second Great Awakening Moved from New England to the South and West Presbyterian ministers called a revival meeting Thousands showed and meetings continued

4 Causes of the Second Great Awakening Secularism/ Rationalist Religion Religious Revivals

5 Effects of the Second Great Awakening The formation of societies Baptist Methodists Unitarian Mormons

6 Charles Finney Leader in the Second Great Awakening Famous revivals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Grandison_Finney

7 Timothy Dwight President of Yale Motivation to teach young men to be Evangelical preachers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dwight_IV

8 Works Cited Gonzalez, Justo, and Zondervan Publishing. The Story of Christianity: V.2: The Reformation to the Present Day. United States: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010. Print. Lummus, Aaron. TeachUSHistory. 1850. http://www.teachushistory.org/second-great-awakening- age-reform/resources/aaron-lummuss-religious-conversionhttp://www.teachushistory.org/second-great-awakening- age-reform/resources/aaron-lummuss-religious-conversion TeachUSHistory. New York, New York: Daniel Cooledge, 1833. http://www.teachushistory.org/second-great-awakening- age-reform/resources/dying-jewesshttp://www.teachushistory.org/second-great-awakening- age-reform/resources/dying-jewess “Young Women in the Great Awakening in New England,” Feminist Studies 3, no. 1/2 (Autumn 1975): 15. shistory.org, Religious Transformation and the Second Great Awakening, U.S. History Online Textbook, http://www.ushistory.org/us/22c.asp Monday, October 27, 2014 (2014).


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