Curious you'd put it that way, nobody yet that I've seen has noticed the connection -- or rather contrast -- between the historical term "wide awake" and our modern corruption into "woke".
1860 Wide Awakes were young Republican Lincoln loyalists, basically a uniformed marching unit whose purpose was to keep order at political rallies.
Their slogan was, "Free Speech, Free Soil, Free Men".
Their peak was said to be over 500,000 Wide Awakes with chapters in every northern county.
What exactly "wokeness" means today is anybody's guess, but something to do with alleged racism, sexism, classism, police brutality and Black Lives Matter.
"Wokeness", seemingly, is how peaceful demonstrators by day become at night rioters, arsonists, looters & assaulters of anybody in their way.
"Wide Awake" is an honorable tradition, translated today would be young conservatives & Trump loyalists.
"Woke" is just Democrats doing what Democrats do -- corrupting the language while they corrupt or destroy everything else they touch.