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Impact of the second great awakening on american culture

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Impact of the Second Great Awakening on
American Culture
Subject: Arts & Culture, History
Category: World Cultures, History of the United States
Essay Topic: American Culture, Second Great Awakening
Following the American Revolution, whose victory not only granted the U.S.
its independence, but also opposed the intermingling of politics and religion. This
separation of religion from politics led to a series of religious revivals that swept the
United States. From the 1790s and into 1840, the Second Great Awakening created
a spread of religious revival. The revival influenced individual and moral discovery
and encouraged individuals to pursue the knowledge of God. The religious revival
movement Appealed to many Women, African Americans, and Native Americans,
as a result, it led to many reform movements. While they were often hampered by
opposition and discrimination the reforms between 1825-1855 however
substantially led to an expansion of democratic ideals through, political, cultural and
social improvements. The reforms that came with the Second Great Awakening
altered the American culture as well as democratic ideals. Movements such as the
transcendentalism physiological movement which countered the spirituality at the
time, and taught individuals to be self-relevant and independent. Transcendentalists,
including Ralph Waldo Emerson, challenged the existing religious and political
systems, the notion of opening the mind to new ideas extensively expanded
democratic values. Cultural reforms also altered American religions, with the fast-
growing spread of evangelical, Methodism, and Baptists religions which promoted
the ideas of human reasoning and free will. Political reforms expanded democratic
rights to an insufficient extent, particularly with the presidency of Andrew Jackson.
Andrew Jackson increased the rights of the “common men” by eliminating property
requirements for voter eligibility. Though this gave more liberty to vote, certain
social groups of people did not receive such liberties. This was a lack of expansion
towards democratic ideals, as women, African Americans, and slaves have not
received such rights and therefore didn’t have equality, liberty, or justice. Women’s
rights movements advocated for equality, particularly in politics. Women were
neglected socially, as well as politically, they held no right to vote or hold political
office, and were not allowed to control their property. the revival movements
inspired women to challenge traditional roles and gatherings such as the Seneca falls
convention. They sought the equality that was promised by the new democratic
government. Social improvements as a result of the second great awakening

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Impact of the Second Great Awakening on American Culture Subject: Arts & Culture, History Category: World Cultures, History of the United States Essay Topic: American Culture, Second Great Awakening Following the American Revolution, whose victory not only granted the U.S. its independence, but also opposed the intermingling of politics and religion. This separation of religion from politics led to a series of religious revivals that swept the United States. From the 1790s and into 1840, the Second Great Awakening created a spread of religious revival. The revival influenced individual and mor ...
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