<p>I'm on the First Great Awakening and it's all about religion right? I can't seem to understand what they are taking about at all, sermons, protestant churches, puritains... am I suppose to know all of these terms? I seem to have a hard time memorizing terms in history (mabye it's because I cram?) and right now I don't even know what a clergyman is. I just know that it has something to do with the church... I think. So should I take the time/effort to know these religious terms well?</p>
<p>hmm- you should just know the basic principles of each.</p>
<p>Such as the main idea of the Puritans/Pilgrims</p>
<p>A lot from colonial times- like the areas with separate church and state and those without it.</p>
<p>Things like Mormonism- polygamy</p>
<p>You DO need to know the basics of the two Great Awakenings.</p>
<p>Okay, I'm just not into this religious stuff but I guess I need to learn it anyways. I'm using the AMSCO book now and I don't really get what the First Great Awakening is. What is the "dramatic change?"</p>
<p>Basically remember that it was into more emotional aspects- applied more to the feelings.</p>
<p>And AMSCO is the best book for APUSH. Read that and you're good to go</p>
<p>So before the First Great Awakening people had strict religious beliefs on human sinfulness and the perils of damnation (they had so much weight on their minds from their "guilty actions") but then the First Great Awakening brought hope to the colonists because people like George Whitefield preached that if you believed in Jesus Christ you would be "saved." Did I comprehend the information correctly?</p>
<p>hmm.. you're missing the big picture of the First Great Awakening.</p>
<p>Emotionalism was used to attract a wider audience. It was used to appeal to the people, so that people would be more willing to listen, and therefore to preach. The speaker's gave very powerful speeches that appealed to the audience, and therefore drew the attention of the listeners. As people began to grow more intrigued, more started to continue studies at home (reading the Bible). This created more individualism-people were less dependent on the church, less centralized.. and brought an overall more individualistic aspect to the society as a while.</p>
<p>I better understand your question now. You do not need to know such specifics- what each person believe in in terms of Jesus and being saved and all that.</p>
<p>Also, I am a lot like you. I always struggled with memorizing the key parts of religion, as well as other aspects. I strongly reccomend Barron's two EZ Key books, which sum up all of the info very briefly and nicely</p>
<p>Wow, nicely put laurgirl! Thanks for your help. I will try to check out those books.</p>
<p>No problem at all. Best of luck in APUSH =)</p>
<p>if i remember it right, my second essay on AP US just three months ago was on the second great awakening. so... yes. know some outline for religious activities at least.</p>
<p>Oh, yeah, the second great awakening... I think I wrote on that too. Sadly, I really can't remember.</p>
<p>just have a general idea.... the most important part of the first great awakening was that it was the first cultural experience that the people shared together, as a whole.
the amsco United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination is the bible for apush. read it.</p>
<p>Should I start reading the review book now or a couple months before the AP exam? Should I read my textbook at all or do you think I would make it through my class reading review books? Or should I just use the review book after I've read my text book to freshen up my memory?</p>
<p>Definitely read the textbook. My teacher had us outline 5-15 pages a night, so I read whatever was assigned. Then when the test came around, I would read Amsco (Amsco was also assigned to us daily, but that was the best way we all studied for our exams)</p>