Reform Reguarding the Second Great Awakening by Clayton Thane

The Second Great Awakening occurred in the United States, beginning in the late eighteenth century and lasting until the middle of the nineteenth century this “Great Wakening” had a tremendous impact on antebellum American religion and reform. This was a period of great religious revival and people like Charles Grandison Finney, Lyman Beecher, Barton Stone, and Peter Cartwright had an impact on this movement. For example Finney argued against the belief that a Calvinist God had control of the destiny of a human being. Finney achieved his best success in New York states “burned over district.” These people along with many others all had a part in making this movement possible. In this movement people spread the belief of “Heaven on Earth” which inspired and contributed to different reforms movements such as temperance, abolition, moral reform, and public education. This appealed to women and encouraged them to become such things as missionaries and lay preachers. Although this movement occurred in the United States it was strong in the Northeast and the Midwest.