Social Sciences and History / Unit 1 SSH 0034 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Second Great Awakening and Reform
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The idea
The Second Great Awakening, with Charles Finney, urged individuals to take charge of their own salvation. Transcendentalists like Emerson sought truth beyond the senses. Reformers attacked drink, founded communities, and mapped the mind through phrenology.
In practice
Shakers, Fourierists, Brook Farm, and the Mormons, the most successful community.
Where people slip
Optimism about perfecting society ran through every movement. Abolition drew the strongest reaction.
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