HG Wells once said: “Our true nationality is humanity. » The effects on American nationalism are what makes the United States a stronger nation. Over the years that have brought us to where we are today, we have proven that we are strong as a whole. Especially in the 1800s, we played a major role in developing new methods and inventions, better than Galileo himself. The Second Great Awakening, the Industrial Revolution, and education reform all provide evidence of the impact of nationalism in America. The Second Great Awakening lasted for about fifty years, from about the 1790s to the 1840s. It has also spread throughout the United States. The revitalization that the Awakening represented manifested itself in many different ways compared to other communities and ecclesial establishments. The Awakening was definitely a Protestant phenomenon. Along with the New Awakening, revivals occurred on a scale never before seen in the United States. With the advent of Revival revivalism, the evolution of a certain revivalist method targeting people en masse, the era of evangelicalism arrived, with Protestants in the lead. The Second Great Awakening had an impact on social scientific literature. The traditional school of thought has tended to describe this period as one of widespread secularization and concomitant efforts by church elites to bring wandering Christians back into the ecclesiastical fold. The Second Great Awakening appears to be a process of renewal, as churches attempted to co-opt evangelical activism by dressing in new clothes, rather than the old traditional clothes. By focusing on the impulses of the Presbyterian and Congregationalist establishments, but neglecting the Second Great Awakening outside of the New En...... middle of paper ...... was obtained, and the fact that children are required to go to school. By 1850, many Northern and especially Western states used Mann's ideas about public schools. But the Americans still did not offer education to all. Most high schools and even colleges did not allow women to be admitted to their schools. African Americans were forced to go to different schools that were paid less by the state. Oberlin College became the first college to admit women, in addition to men. In 1837, Mary Lyon founded Mount Holyoke, the nation's first permanent college for women. Nationalism was expressed throughout the 19th century. These people came together around different ideas. Because of these different ideas, America became a stronger nation. The Second Great Awakening, the Industrial Revolution, and Education Reform All Evidence of the Impact of Nationalism in America..