The 1920s have long been remembered as the "Roaring Twenties," an era of unprecedented affluence best remembered through the cultural artifacts generated by its new mass-consumption economy: a Ford Model T in every driveway, "Amos n' Andy" on the radio and the first "talking" motion pictures at the cinema, baseball hero Babe Ruth in the ballpark and celebrity pilot Charles Lindbergh on the front page of every newspaper. As a soaring stock market minted millionaires by the thousands, young Americans in the nation's teeming cities rejected traditional social mores by embracing a modern urban culture of freedom—drinking illegally in speakeasies, dancing provocatively to the Charleston, listening to the sex
rhythms of jazz music.
American culture underwent a significant theological transition as a result of transcendentalism and the second great awakening. It was the second major movement in American history
<h3>What was the story behind the great awakening?</h3>
During the 1730s and 1740s, the English colonies in America saw The Great Awakening, a religious resurgence. The movement emerged at a period when the emphasis was being placed on the idea of secular reason and religious fervor had lost its freshness.
- Several reform movements were spurred by the Second Great Awakening, which propagated Christianity through impassioned preaching and revivals.
- Hundreds of people joined new Protestant denominations as a result of revivals, which were a crucial component of the movement.
- Circuit riders were employed by the Methodist Church to reach out to individuals in outlying areas.
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