Second Great Awakening & Social Reform

Question 1

Second Great Awakening

Answer 1

• Religious revival in the early 1800s
• Inspired people to improve society through reform

Question 2

Charles Grandison Finney

Answer 2

• Major preacher during the Second Great Awakening
• Encouraged Christians to take action and reform society

Question 3

Temperance Movement

Answer 3

• Campaign to reduce or ban alcohol
• Linked to crime, domestic abuse, and poverty

Question 4

Dorothea Dix

Answer 4

• Fought for the mentally ill and prison reform
• Helped create mental hospitals and improved prison conditions

Question 5

Horace Mann

Answer 5

• Known as the “Father of Public Education.”
• Believed in free, public schooling for all children