The Second Great Awakening was a Christian renewal movement in the early 1800s that sparked new interest in religion and led people to improve society through other reform movements. These included the Temperance Movement, which urged people to stop drinking alcohol due to the social problems it caused; prison reform, which aimed to end overcrowding, cruel punishment, and housing of children and mentally ill in prisons; and education reform through the Common School Movement, which argued all children deserved a good education regardless of background.

1. CHAPTER 14:
New Movements in
AmericaSection 3:
Reforming Society

2. THE SECOND
GREAT AWAKENING
 The Second Great Awakening
was a Christian renewal
movement
 Early 1800’s

3. 2nd Great
Awakening
Revivals

4. THE SECOND
GREAT AWAKENING
 Sparked new interest in
religion

5. THE SECOND
GREAT AWAKENING
 Led people
to improve
society with
other
movements

6. THE TEMPERANCE
MOVEMENT
 Temperance Movement –
urged people to stop drinking
liquor

7. THE TEMPERANCE
MOVEMENT
 Argued that alcohol led to
social problems:
• Violence
• Poverty
• Criminal behavior

9. THE TEMPERANCE
MOVEMENT
 Women led the movement

10. Temperan
ce Women

11. A
Temperan
ce Pledge

12. PRISON REFORM
 1800’s prisons
• Were overcrowded
• Used cruel punishment

13. 1800’s
Prison
Life

14. PRISON REFORM
• Held children
• Held the mentally ill

15. PRISON REFORM
 Reformers pushed to end
these practices

16. REFORM IN
EDUCATION
 1800’s public education was
poor
 Only wealthy male children
received a good education

17. REFORM IN
EDUCATION
 Common School Movement –
argued all children should be
taught in a common place,
regardless of background

18. Common
Schools

19. REFORM IN
EDUCATION
 Horace Mann led this
movement