The Second Great Awakening

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The Second Great Awakening

• ByTanner,Noah,Katherine,and Chris

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It Began

• Early 1800s
• Began b/c religion was losing its influence
• Many new religious groups formed

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Religious Groups

• Seventh-Day Adventist Church
• Believed Jesus would come between March 21, 1843,
  and March 21, 1844.
• World would end
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• Members called Mormons
• Believed in present-day prophet

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Reformers during the Awakening

• Dorothea Dix
• Treated Mentally Ill
• Thomas Gallaudet
• Provided education for hearing-impaired
• Samuel Gridley Howe
• Helped people with limited or no eyesight
• Robert Owen
• Started first non-religious commune
• Neal Dow
• Passed law to ban alcohol

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Vocabulary

• Revival
• A reawakening
• Reformer
• A person who wants to improve society
• Commune
• A community where people live and work together
  using shared resources
• Temperance
• A reform movement that was opposed to drinking
  alcohol