The Second Great Awakening was a wave of religious revivals that began in the southern frontier area around 1800. Before the Second Great Awakening, many Americans did not hold traditional Christian beliefs. This religious awakening had a great impact on antebellum American religion and reform. The Second Great Awakening arose in part from evangelical opposition to the deism associated with the French Revolution and grew stronger in the late 1820s. This was a time of great transition in American religious life. The following describes the social and religious effects of the Second Great Awakening. The immense social effects of the Second Great Awakening came into practice in the late 1820s and 1830s, when religious revival camp meetings began. These camp meetings were held outdoors and lasted about a week with 200-300 wagons attending. During revival camp meetings, sermons began in the evening and lasted three to four hours. These great camp revival meetings led extraordinary numbers of people to convert or change their view of religion, ...