Reform Movements of the Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening provided an emotional outlet, a right of passage, and social correspondence for American society. Society was seen as immoral. As a result, Congregationalists and Presbyterians began stressing free will in sinners' conversion to God. The religious revivals created middle-class reform movements which called for self-improvement for the benefit of the nation. Some of the social reform efforts made by the Second Great Awakening included moral reform groups that focused on prohibiting …

…states passed the Married Women's Property Acts to allow married women to retain their property, women would have to wait until 1920 to gain the vote. The movements which spawned from the Second Great Awakening created large impacts on American society. The temperance movement lowered the consumption of alcohol. The women's civil rights movements continued for decades until women gained the same rights as men. The middle-class reform movements improved society and overall, benefited the nation.