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Explore the Second 12.1

Great Awakening 12.2

MyHistoryLab

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For nearly a century, the Second Great
Awakening swept the United States. Revival During the second Great Awakening (1790s to 1840s), evangelical
Lasting from the 1790s to the 1870s, denominations, such as the Methodists and baptists sent missionary circuit riders and
itinerant preachers to sermonize at campgrounds throughout the United states.
this Christian revival movement MeMBerShiP oF MAjor ChriSTiAn
reached its peak in the years between DenoMinATionS, 1850
1820 and 1840. The Second Great
Awakening was born on the frontier 5,000,000
4,500,000
and backcountry, sparking religious
4,000,000
fervor among frontiersmen, farmers, 3,500,000
laborers, and slaves. To members of 3,000,000
these groups, the movement, which 2,500,000
emphasized temperance, provided 2,000,000
1,500,000
a closer relationship with God 1,000,000
than the established conservative 500,000
churches did. As such, in the western 0
Baptist/ Free Church/ Methodist/ Presbyterian/
areas of the United States, the Congregationalist Episcopalian Lutheran Roman Catholic
Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian Active Participation in Second Great Awakening
More Established Churches
churches, as well as smaller revivalist
churches, expanded. Active Participation in More established Churches
Second Great Awakening
baptist: 3,247,020 Congregationalist: 801,835
Free Church: 114,780 episcopalian: 643,598
Methodist: 4,343,579 Lutheran: 534,250
Presbyterian: 2,079,690 Roman Catholic: 667,283
sOURCe: U.s. Census bureau

K e y Q u es T io ns Use Myhistorylab Explorer to answer these questions:

Response Which areas Consequence What Comparison How was an
were centers of the Second Great effects did this period of area’s illiteracy rate linked to the
Awakening? religious fervor have on national movement’s local success?
politics? Consider the reasons for this
Map the strength of the second
Great Awakening in various Consider the larger implications connection.
regions. of the second Great Awakening.

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