Second Great Awakening
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The Second Great Awakening was a major early-19th-century American religious revival movement that spurred widespread evangelical fervor, social reform campaigns, and the rapid growth of Protestant denominations.
All labels observed (8)
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Great Awakening Context triple: [American Protestantism, influencedBy, Second Great Awakening]
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A.
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a series of 18th-century Protestant revival movements in the American colonies that emphasized personal faith, emotional preaching, and a break from established religious authorities.
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Restorationism
Restorationism is a Christian movement that seeks to recover and practice the beliefs, worship, and church structure of the earliest New Testament-era Christians, often rejecting later traditions and denominational developments.
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Holiness movement
The Holiness movement is a Christian revival tradition that emphasizes personal sanctification, holy living, and a post-conversion experience of entire sanctification or Christian perfection.
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Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a worldwide Protestant Christian movement characterized by an emphasis on personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and active evangelism.
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St. Augustine movement
The St. Augustine movement was a major 1963–1964 civil rights campaign in St. Augustine, Florida, that used nonviolent protests to challenge racial segregation and helped build momentum for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Great Awakening Target entity description: The Second Great Awakening was a major early-19th-century American religious revival movement that spurred widespread evangelical fervor, social reform campaigns, and the rapid growth of Protestant denominations.
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A.
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a series of 18th-century Protestant revival movements in the American colonies that emphasized personal faith, emotional preaching, and a break from established religious authorities.
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B.
Restorationism
Restorationism is a Christian movement that seeks to recover and practice the beliefs, worship, and church structure of the earliest New Testament-era Christians, often rejecting later traditions and denominational developments.
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C.
Holiness movement
The Holiness movement is a Christian revival tradition that emphasizes personal sanctification, holy living, and a post-conversion experience of entire sanctification or Christian perfection.
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D.
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a worldwide Protestant Christian movement characterized by an emphasis on personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and active evangelism.
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E.
St. Augustine movement
The St. Augustine movement was a major 1963–1964 civil rights campaign in St. Augustine, Florida, that used nonviolent protests to challenge racial segregation and helped build momentum for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Protestant revival
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historical event ⓘ religious revival movement ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| endTime |
1840s
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mid-19th century ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestant
democratic in style ⓘ emotional preaching ⓘ evangelical ⓘ focus on conversion ⓘ focus on personal salvation ⓘ focus on social reform ⓘ mass meetings ⓘ revivalist ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
decline of established churches’ dominance
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democratization of American Christianity ⓘ emergence of perfectionism theology in the United States ⓘ emergence of social reform as a religious duty ⓘ emphasis on emotional religious expression ⓘ emphasis on free will in salvation ⓘ emphasis on individual conversion experience ⓘ emphasis on moral reform of society ⓘ emphasis on personal piety ⓘ expansion of Sunday schools ⓘ expansion of revivalism on the American frontier ⓘ growth of evangelical Protestantism in the United States ⓘ growth of revival preaching ⓘ growth of voluntary religious societies ⓘ increase in church membership in the United States ⓘ promotion of temperance movement ⓘ rapid growth of Baptist churches ⓘ rapid growth of Methodist churches ⓘ rise of Bible societies ⓘ rise of evangelical fervor ⓘ rise of interdenominational missionary societies ⓘ rise of lay participation in religious life ⓘ rise of tract societies ⓘ spread of camp meetings ⓘ support for abolitionism ⓘ support for educational reform ⓘ support for moral reform movements ⓘ support for prison reform ⓘ support for women’s rights activism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
camp meetings
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frontier revivals ⓘ missionary campaigns ⓘ reform societies ⓘ urban revivals ⓘ |
| influenced |
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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surface form:
Adventist movement
Evangelicalism ⓘ
surface form:
American evangelicalism
Latter-day Saint movement churches ⓘ
surface form:
Latter-day Saint movement
Stone–Campbell Movement ⓘ
surface form:
Restoration Movement
Second Party System political culture ⓘ abolitionist movement in the United States ⓘ development of new religious movements in the United States ⓘ educational reform movement in the United States ⓘ prison reform movement in the United States ⓘ temperance movement in the United States ⓘ women’s rights movement in the United States ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| startTime |
1790s
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late 18th century ⓘ |
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Second Great Awakening (early phase)
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Second Great Awakening era
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Cane Ridge Revival
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Second Great Awakening era
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Second Great Awakening (religious context)
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Second Great Awakening in the United States
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Great Revival at Cane Ridge
camp-meeting hymn “Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us”
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Second Great Awakening
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Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us
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Cane Ridge Meeting House
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Cane Ridge Revival
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Cane Ridge Meeting House
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1801 Cane Ridge Revival
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Cane Ridge Meeting House
subject surface form:
Cane Ridge Meeting House