Question

What was the relationship between the evangelical revivals of the second great awakening and the spread of american social reform movements and utopian ideas?

Answer 1

The Second Great Awakening is largely associated with revivals in barns and other large areas, where people were wildly preached to, people claimed to be healed, and fire and brimstone were only steps away. Many of the early utopian ideas in the United States involved religious groups breaking away from the rest, like Mormonism, and they instituted events similar to revivals as they crossed the country.