Background. Like the First Great Awakening a half century earlier, the Second Great Awakening in North America reflected Romanticism characterized by enthusiasm, emotion, and an appeal to the supernatural. It rejected the skepticism, deism, Unitarianism, and rationalism left over from the American Enlightenment, about the same time that similar movements flourished in Europe.

First-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world. ... The creation of these organizations was a direct result of the Second Great Awakening, ... Despite participating and contributing a great deal to all feminists movements, black women were ...

Spread of revivals. Main article: Great Awakening Background. Like the First Great Awakening a half century earlier, the Second Great Awakening in North America reflected Romanticism characterized by enthusiasm, emotion, and an appeal to the supernatural. It rejected the skepticism, deism, Unitarianism, and rationalism left over from the American Enlightenment, …