Questions and Answers
What major event inspired the democratizing spirit of camp meetings during the Second Great Awakening?
What was one of the social consequences of the Second Great Awakening?
What challenged traditional bonds of authority during the Second Great Awakening?
What did evangelicalism promise during the Second Great Awakening?
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What was the result of revivals spreading throughout the United States during the Second Great Awakening?
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Study Notes
The Second Great Awakening
- Emerged as a response to intellectual and social currents
- Camp meetings embodied the democratizing spirit of the American Revolution
- Revivals provided a unifying moral order and sense of spiritual community for Americans
Characteristics of the Revivals
- Spread rapidly throughout the United States
- Led to an increase in church membership
- Resulted in the formation of new Christian denominations
- Inspired social reform
Context of the Revivals
- Occurred during a time of great change in the United States
- Challenges to traditional authority included the market revolution, western expansion, and European immigration
- Evangelicalism offered a balance of excitement and order in response to these changes
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Learn about the Second Great Awakening, a response to intellectual and social changes in America, characterized by camp meetings and revivals, and its impact on the country's moral order and spiritual community.
