AP U.S. History / Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848
4.10 The Second Great Awakening
Notes
A religious revival (early 1800s) emphasized personal salvation and moral improvement. It inspired reform movements (temperance, abolition) and new religious groups (Mormons).
Practice
The Second Great Awakening encouraged:
Moral improvement.
The Mormons (Latter-day Saints) eventually settled in:
Fleeing persecution.
Revival preachers like Charles Finney stressed:
Free will.
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