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The Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening. By: Alexander Schulze-Makuch. The Second Great Awakening- A wave of religious enthusiasm . The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant revival movement. 1790s to 1840s After 1820 membership rose dramatically in Methodist and Baptist parishes.

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The Second Great Awakening

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  1. The Second Great Awakening By: Alexander Schulze-Makuch

  2. The Second Great Awakening- A wave of religious enthusiasm • The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant revival movement. 1790s to 1840s • After 1820 membership rose dramatically in Methodist and Baptist parishes. • The movement expressed Arminian theology- every person can be saved through revivals.

  3. The Burned Over District • An evangelistic Presbyterian minister, Charles Grandison Finney, became the most influential revival leader of the 1820s and 1830s. • Finney was successful in upstate New York, where he launched a series of revivals. • The area around the Erie Canal was so prone to revivals that it was termed the Burned Over District.

  4. Slaves and Free Blacks • Baptists and Methodists preached to slaves and slave holders alike. • Early Baptist congregations were formed by slaves and free blacks. • The revival inspired the slaves to demand freedom. – rebellion

  5. Political Implications • Christians began reform movements to better society, know as the antebellum reform. • Reforms included temperance, women's rights, and abolitionism. • Churches saw it to be their obligation to purify society through the individual.

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