Second Great Awakening (jan 1, 1790 – jan 1, 1840)
Description:
Cause:- Scientific attacks on religion
- Ideas from Enlightenment
- Materialism
- Religious rate decreased
- New England attack on predestination
Effect:
- increased church membership
- Temperance movement
- Formation of new societies
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1790
jan 1, 1840
~ 50 years