The Second Great Awakening rivaled the Civil War in reshaping American history

Evidence

Aside from the Civil War, the Second Great Awakening was arguably the most consequential event in American history. Coming on the heels of the American Revolution and taking place during the decades straddling the turn of the nineteenth century, the evangelical revivals associated with the Second Awakening convulsed three theaters of the new nation—New England, the Cumberland Valley of Kentucky, and upstate New York—and utterly reshaped religion in America. — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 41

Categorization

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Broader Connections

• The Second Awakening drove determined evangelical mobilization toward equality despite imperfect methods #expands (0.80) — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 48