Question

Which of the following happened during the Second Great Awakening?
1. New universities were founded to educate Protestant ministers.
2. Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield preached lively sermons.
3. The African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded.
4. Divisions among members led to the creation of new churches.

Answer 1

Divisions among members led to the creation of new churches.

Option (d) is correct.

Explanation:

• The second great awakening was divided into three phases.
• The first phase was associated with frontier meetings by American preachers.
• In the second phase, a large number of new churches were constructed during the leadership of Timothy Dwight and Lyman Beecher.
• The third phase was the phase of revivalism in small towns of western New York.