Why did nativists worry about the increasing numbers of immigrants?

Why did nativists worry about the increasing numbers of immigrants?

why did nativists worry about the increasing numbers of immigrants? they were eventually going to be able to vote and get a job. why do you think culture changed after the Industrial Revolution? Why were living condidtions so poor in urban areas?

What can you infer from the fact that this period was called the Second Great Awakening?

What can you infer from the fact that this period was called the Second Great awakening? In the spirit of the Second Great Awakening, people tried to reform many of society’s ills. In the temperance movement, people tried to limit alcohol consumption. Lyman Beecher and other ministers spoke about the evils of alcohol.

Why do you think the issue of evolution became a flashpoint for cultural and religious conflict?

Why do you think the issue of evolution became a flashpoint for cultural and religious conflict? The issue of evolution being taught in school caused many conflict between what should be taught in schools and if they should cohere with religious (Christian) ideology. This conflict was highlighted with the Scopes trial.

Why was upstate New York called the Burned Over District?

During the first half of the nineteenth century the wooded hills and the valleys of western New York State were swept by fires of the spirit. The fervent religiosity of the region caused historians to call it the “burned-over district.”

How did the Second Great Awakening change the power structures of American religions?

The Second Great Awakening had a profound effect on American religious history. The numerical strength of the Baptists and Methodists rose relative to that of the denominations dominant in the colonial period, such as the Anglicans, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and Reformed.

What religion was founded in upstate NY?

Joseph Smith discovered the Mormon faith just outside of Palmyra. The Fox Sisters founded Spiritualism near Rochester.