The Second Great Awakening and Reform
12th Grade · Social Studies · 60 min
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Learning Objective
I can evaluate the effects of the Second Great Awakening on antebellum reform movements.
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The Market Revolution and expanding democracy led many Americans to believe that economic and social improvement was within their reach.
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The temperance movement, spurred by the Second Great Awakening, aimed to reduce alcohol consumption, with the American Temperance Society leading the charge.
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At the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was drafted to address women’s rights.
