Athenian democracy was limited because only a certain group of people could make decisions. In order to be part of the legislature, you had to be a male landholding citizen. Despite this, Athens is still admired as an early model of democracy because they were the creators of it. Most empires used a monarchy to rule.
The second great awakening was a religious wave that swept through lots of states while the first great awakening had to do with a slave rebellion if I am correct.
