SAQs for APUSH Topic 4.10 — Second Great Awakening

Ten short answer questions designed to help students review for the annual exam and that relate to the Protestant religious revival that took place between 1800–1844.

Between 1800–1844, the rise of democratic and individualistic beliefs, a response to rationalism, and changes to society caused by the market revolution, along with greater social and geographical mobility, contributed to a Second Great Awakening among Protestants.

1. What was the Second Great Awakening?
2. What is meant by the term democratic and individualist beliefs and how did these beliefs contribute to the Second Great Awakening?
3. What is meant by the term rationalism and how did a response to rationalism contribute to the Second Great Awakening?
4. What is meant by the term market revolution and how the changes caused by the market revolution contribute to the Second Great Awakening?
5. What is meant by the term rationalism and how did a response to rationalism contribute to the Second Great Awakening?
6. What is meant by the term geographical mobility and how did greater geographical mobility contribute to the Second Great Awakening?
7. What is meant by the term social mobility and how did greater social mobility contribute to the Second Great Awakening?
8. The Second Great Awakening influenced moral and social reforms and inspired utopian and other religious movements. Click here for three questions relating to the moral and social reforms that the Second Great Awakening inspired.
9. Name and briefly describe one major similarity and one major difference between the First Great Awakening and the Second Great Awakening.
10. Describe one all-important similarity and one all-important difference between a Protestant and a Catholic?