Which describes the second Great Awakening of the early 1800s?

A.
Preachers gave frightening sermons about damnation and everyone’s sinfulness.

B.
Preachers said society could be improved and salvation was up to the individual.

C.
Religious leaders defended slavery and the practices of business tycoons.

D.
Many Americans adopted eastern religions, such as Taoism and Buddhism.

Question

Which describes the second Great Awakening of the early 1800s?	
 
 A.
Preachers gave frightening sermons about damnation and everyone’s sinfulness.
 
 B.
Preachers said society could be improved and salvation was up to the individual.
 
 C.
Religious leaders defended slavery and the practices of business tycoons.
 
 D.
Many Americans adopted eastern religions, such as Taoism and Buddhism.

angeleyes108 · Answer

B, because the Second Great Awakening was "a broad religious movement that swept the U.S. after 1790; preachers during this time, rejected Calvinistic belief & emphasized individual responsibility for seeking salvation & insisted that people could improve themselves and society."