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Second Great Awakening—Renewal of faith in religion that swept the world

Second Great Awakening—Renewal of faith in religion that swept the world --Preachers across the country attempted to get people to revert back to religion. --Led to huge increases in Protestant and Baptist churches --The Awaking stressed that salvation was available to all people.

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Second Great Awakening—Renewal of faith in religion that swept the world

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  1. Second Great Awakening—Renewal of faith in religion that swept the world --Preachers across the country attempted to get people to revert back to religion. --Led to huge increases in Protestant and Baptist churches --The Awaking stressed that salvation was available to all people. --Shakers and Mormons were also formed during this time (1774-1844).

  2. James Finley—minister who tried to spread the “word of God” “Mother Ann” Lee’s Shakers

  3. Brook Farm—one “utopia” that stressed nature in 1841. --Founded by George Ripley --Included writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau --Located away from the city, Brook Farm was dedicated to education and self-cultivation. By 1850 the movement began to fade--

  4. Institutional Reform --Dorothea Dix A) Became interested in the mentally ill in 1841 B) After touring many mental institutions she was indirectly responsible for the founding of 30 mental institutions. --Prisons A) Began to stress rehabilitation instead of punishment.

  5. Dorothea “Dragon” Dix

  6. Temperance Movement—1820-1860 • Tried to get people to limit alcohol use • Blamed most of societies problems on alcohol • Ten Nights in a Bar Room and What I Saw—Book that blamed alcohol for violent crimes and poverty--Extra Credit Opportunity?? • Many immigrants fought the movement • 1846—Maine banned all sales of alcohol

  7. Education Reform • Horace Mann—Reformed schools in Massachusetts and opened schools for teachers. • Founded state-run schools instead of private ones • 1821—First free public high school opened in Boston, MA • Many people fought these reforms…WHY?

  8. E) Mary Jane Patterson—Became the first woman to receive a college degree from a U.S. institution in 1862. F) Emma Willard and Mary Lyon—Founded secondary schools and colleges for women in the early 1800’s. Mount Holyoke College

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