Wilson Patton and Will DowneyReligion and Reform from 1815 to 1858 in America

Temperance Is the moderation or self-restraint in action or

statement.

In this case, it is mostly the moderation and self-control when dealing with alcohol.

The people in this movement were against alcohol because husbands were being abusive to their wife and kids.

The American Society for the Promotion of Temperance

The AST was established in 1826 in Boston, MA.

Within five years there were 170,000 members and within ten years there were 1,500,000 members.

This society contributed to promoting the abolition of slavery and expanding women’s rights.

The ATS was the first U.S. social movement organization to mobilize massive and national support for a specific reform cause.

Lyman Beecher Was the first great practitioner of the new

evangelical Calvinism. He helped promote a series of revivals in the Congregational churches of New England.

He was a very controversial person. He was a huge leader in the moral movement of temperance. One of his famous quotes is: ““No great advance has been made in science, politics, or religion without controversy.”

Catherine BeecherCatharine Beecher was a nineteenth century

proponent of women's rights and education for women

Created the Hartford Female Seminary, making it one of the first major educational institutions for women in the U.S.

This helped promote women to play a bigger role in society.

Religious Tensions The Protestants and the Catholics had very

different backgrounds and beliefs.

The Protestants, who were in favor of the Temperance movement, were aggravated by the Catholics, most of whom were Irish, that drank.. This, along with having to move in and live with each other, was the main reason that they had so many tensions.

Immigration in GeneralFrom 1820-1860 the U.S. population grew from

10 million to 31 million.

The population figure in 1850’s was 2.3 million.

These Included people from many different backgrounds.

The majority of the Catholics migrated from Ireland.

The majority of the Protestants migrated from Scotland.

Second Great Awakening Began around 1800

Denominations Methodist Baptist Presbyterian Lutheran Unitarian Deism

Subjects of Social Reform Abolition Temperance The Cult of Domesticity Utopian Communities

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Second Great Awakening: Beliefs and Ideals

“Ever since Constantine the Great had made Christianity the established religion of Roman Empire, the… Now, the Americans undertook to experiment with their separation: Religion would be purely voluntary” (Howe 165)

Contradict the Established Church People can achieve salvation through faith and conversion

(no predestination) God loves all equally- no hierarchy on God’s eyes All human spirits are equal

Evangelism Every convert is told to go and preach to family and friends,

spreading the new ideals

Second Great Awakening: People and Events

Camp meetings Spontaneous, emotional meeting Allowed many people, especially in the rural South, to get

married, baptized, or have a highly spiritual experience without having to travel far (it was hard to keep a local church running with an ordained minister)

Circuit Rider Preachers sent out by Methodist in the hopes of preaching

to rural communities

Burned Over District Rochester NY the heart Filled to the brim with revivals

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Second Great Awakening: People and Events

Charles Finney Presbyterian evangelist“Finney broke with his church’s traditional belief

that it was God’s inscrutable will that decided who would be saved” (Brands 317)

Most successful in Rochester, New YorkStarted “inquiry room”- a special place for people

coming to ChristStarted “anxious bench”- place for those who to

talk about struggles of conversion

Charles Finney:

Source: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Charles_Grandison_Finney

Second Great Awakening: People and Events

Lyman Beecher (mentioned later is slide show)Preached that God’s love is universal and the

Christ saves not matter class, race, nation, or sex Made a point of separation of church and state

helping religion; “By voluntary efforts, societies, missions, and revivals they (ministers) exert a deeper influence than ever they could by ques, and shoe-buckles, and cocked hats , and gold headed canes” (Howe 165)

Involved in abolition, temperance, and mostly anything considered a social sin

Abolitionism“By stressing the moral imperative to end sinful

practices and each person's responsibility to uphold God's will in society, preachers like Lyman Beecher, Nathaniel Taylor, and Charles G. Finney…led massive religious revivals in the 1820s that gave a major impetus to the later emergence of abolitionism” (Abolitionist Movement)

InspirationThe movement for equality in race, nationality, and

gender lead to the inspiration of many like William Lloyd Garrison who begin to lobby for the immediate end of slavery, “immediate emancipation”

African American Revival

Source: http://www.wolfkiller.net/Abolitionists/index.htm

Abolition: A Few of the Important Figures

William Lloyd Garrison Started The Liberator, a newspaper focusing on issues of slavery and largely

supported by free blacks

Fredrick Douglass One time fugitive slave who became ardent abolitionist in 1840s Wrote autobiography while also giving many orations about the moral

injustices of slavery

American Anti-Slavery Society Founded by people of both races and genders Stated that slavery was a moral wrong that needed to be abolished

immediately but non-violently Disagreed on gradual vs. immediate abolition with American Colonization

Society

American Colonization Society Lobbied for African American emigration and elective, gradual emancipation

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