USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

MANIFEST DESTINY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What reform movements came about as a result of changes in thinking associated with the second great awakening?
A
Women’s rights, temperance, vision and hearing impairments, abolition, education, prisons in mental institutions, and transcendentalism.
B
Scooby Doo
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Marked by a wave of enthusiastic religious revivals, the Second Great Awakening set the stage for equally enthusiastic social reform movements, especially abolitionism and temperance.

Detailed explanation-2: -It helped propel numerous reform movements, most notably involving temperance and abolition, even as it attempted to return Christianity to its primitive roots. And it reinforced American beliefs in the individual’s priority and agency even as it helped to bring a sense of community to a highly mobile populace.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Second Great Awakening brought women together in a network of voluntary associations devoted to good deeds, such as the care of widows and orphans, where women created a “Benevolent Empire” that enabled them to move into public roles where they could wield power and assume responsibility.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. The Second Great Awakening, which spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching, sparked a number of reform movements.

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