The Second Great Awakening and Reform
Learning Objective
I can evaluate the effects of the Second Great Awakening on antebellum reform movements.
Key Concepts
The Market Revolution and expanding democracy led many Americans to believe that economic and social improvement was within their reach.
The temperance movement, spurred by the Second Great Awakening, aimed to reduce alcohol consumption, with the American Temperance Society leading the charge.
At the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was drafted to address women’s rights.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What was the primary catalyst for the surge in reform movements during the antebellum period?
2. Joseph Smith founded which religious movement during the Second Great Awakening?
3. Explain how the Second Great Awakening influenced the temperance movement.
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