USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the Second Great Awakening?
A
When I woke up for the second time in one night.
B
A protestant religious ‘revival’ in the 1800s. It featured Camp meetings and emphasis on human rights in the form of reform movements.
C
A protestant religious revival in the 1800s that featured a heavy emphasis on individual freedom
D
strike first strike hard
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Second Great Awakening, Protestant religious revival in the United States from about 1795 to 1835. During this revival, meetings were held in small towns and large cities throughout the country, and the unique frontier institution known as the camp meeting began.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Second Great Awakening is best known for its large camp meetings that led extraordinary numbers of people to convert through an enthusiastic style of preaching and audience participation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Timothy Dwight, the grandson of Jonathan Edwards, the leading minister of the Great Awakening, preached a more liberalized Protestantism during the Second Great Awakening, claiming that the individual might have a role in salvation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Changes in work, geography, and economics influenced the emergence of the Second Great Awakening.

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