On National Teacher Day, meet the 2024-25 Kenan Fellows
2nd great awakening and texas
1. Warm Up
During the Industrial Revolution, church
membership rapid declined. Why do you
think this happened?
2. T he Impact of the
Industrial
Revolution
“How mills brought religion &Texas”
3. Religion
Why do we have religion?
Pre – Industrial Revolution Religion
Calvinism – Predestination
“Much like Jefferson’s America”
Doesn’t work with Industrial Revolution
(outdated)
4. Partner Activity
If you were the CEO of the church today,
how would you try to increase
membership?
5. Second Great
Awakening
1790’s - rejects “predestination”
Move to “Individual Responsibility”
(Like FHS student Handbook?)
Democratic God – even you can be saved
12. How is the settlement of
Texas connected to the
Industrial Revolution?
Southern
Economy –
focus on Cotton
Need more land
Limited by
Missouri
Compromise
13. What to watch for
Mexico did not allow slavery, but the Americans brought
their slaves
To be continued….