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Chapter 8 Section 1

Chapter 8 Section 1. A Religious Awakening. Julian, Lana, Ben, Sierra R. The Second Great Awakening Changes America. Lasted half a century Began in Kentucky, spread north and south Americans wanted governors to support religion African Americans join in the spirit.

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Chapter 8 Section 1

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  1. Chapter 8 Section 1 A Religious Awakening Julian, Lana, Ben, Sierra R

  2. The Second Great Awakening Changes America • Lasted half a century • Began in Kentucky, spread north and south • Americans wanted governors to support religion • African Americans join in the spirit

  3. The Second Great Awakening Changes America • Mormons form in New York in 1830 • Unitarians- reflected growing Christian liberalism • Joseph Smith formed Jesus Latter Day Saints

  4. Non-Protestants Suffer Discrimination • Preachers were Protestant • Mormons were persecuted • Followed practices frowned upon by neighbors • Men have more than one wife • Held land as a group • Political power

  5. Non-Protestants Suffer Discrimination • Mormons chased out of Ohio • Sought refuge in Illinois • Joseph Smith runs for president • Murdered by Mormons • Brigham Young • Led Mormons far east • Great Salt Lake city

  6. Non-Protestants Suffer Discrimination • Catholics and Jewish people face discrimination • 1800s Roman Catholic Church faced discrimination • Protestants viewed Catholicism as incompatible • Choose loyalty to people rather than U.S

  7. Non-Protestants Suffer Discrimination • Catholic poverty • Poor immigrants from Ireland • Little money • Work for low wages • Irish immigrants grow too powerful

  8. Non-Protestants Suffer Discrimination • Jewish people face discrimination • Public officials must be Christians • Jews barred from holding office • Jewish people • Rhode Island • New York • Pennsylvania

  9. Non-Protestants Suffer Discrimination • 1840s great numbers to escape political unrest • Europe • Americans ostracized them

  10. Utopias and TranscendentalismSeeking a better life • Early 1800s, Americans wanted to improve life • Formed settlements known as Utopian communities • often failed within 2-6 years • Utopias built to be ideal societies • Well-known Utopia include: New harmony, Brook farm • New harmony lasted 2 years • Brook farm lasted 6 years

  11. The shakers • United society believed in Christ’s second appearance • Organized mid 1700s peaked around 1840s • Found in New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and Indiana • Men and women did not marry • Lived in separate houses • Did not want to have children • Economy flourished due to high quality price

  12. Transcendentalists Advance New Ideas • Believed they could go beyond senses to learn • Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading transcendentalists • Most important follower was Henry David • Wrote “Civil Disobedience” • Later provided inspiration to civil rights

  13. Citations • Lapsansky-Werner, Emma J., Peter B. Levy, Randy Roberts, and Alan Taylor. United States History. Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. 266-272. Print.

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