Final Exam Terms #6: The Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening: religious movement that emphasized the idea of one’s own personal relationship with God being the way to Heaven.

Itinerant Preachers: preachers who move around from place to place

Burned Over District: area where people were so enthusiastic about the church that there was no one to convert

Social Reform: everyone should be involved in trying to help others

The Temperance Movement: movement by the American Temperance Society that pushed to have alcohol banned in the United States, about 5 million people got on board and signed a temperance pledge. 

Sabbatarianism: since Sabbath is a holy day then people shouldn’t work on Sundays, so people boycotted businesses on Sundays and even kidnapped a postal worker.