APUSH Great Awakenings

Flashcards about the First and Second Great Awakenings in US History.

First Great Awakening

A religious revitalization movement that swept through the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, characterized by passionate preaching and personal conversion experiences.

Religious Complacency (First Great Awakening)

A major cause of the First Great Awakening, referring to a general sense of satisfaction and lack of fervor in existing religious practices.

Jonathan Edwards

A prominent preacher during the First Great Awakening, known for his sermon 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.'

George Whitefield

An influential evangelist of the First Great Awakening who traveled and preached messages about personal conversion to large crowds.

Old Lights

Established religious denominations such as Anglicans, Catholics, and Congregationalists who were challenged by the First Great Awakening.

New Lights

Emerging religious groups such as Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians who gained prominence during the First Great Awakening.

Second Great Awakening

A second wave of religious revivalism in the United States from the 1790s to the 1830s.

Charles Grandison Finney

A preacher during the Second Great Awakening who sparked intense religious fervor and conversions in the 'Burned-Over District' of New York.

Lyman Beecher

A preacher and reformer known for promoting social reforms and combating alcoholism during the Second Great Awakening.

Joseph Smith

The founder of the Mormon Church in New York in 1830, during the Second Great Awakening.