Instruction
Please identify and analyze the significance of the Second Great Awakening in American history. Reforming personal, community, and societal evils was a major movement in antebellum America. Evaluate America's reform impulse as it was manifested in the nineteenth century (topics may include abolition, temperance, male suffrage, women's rights/suffrage, the ill or infirm / orphans and elderly/ the criminal and insane, etc.). Discuss the reasons why these numerous reforms came about, as well as their historical antecedents, and provide several examples of each.
Mechanics: Your essay paper should be double-spaced, word-processed with standard margins and 11-12 Font. The paper should be approximately 5 pages. More if you like. Works cited page needs to be included.