USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

GILDED AGE POLITICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was the main interest of the Social Gospel movement?
A
religious reform
B
economic reform
C
social reform
D
political reform
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Labour reforms-including the abolition of child labour, a shorter workweek, a living wage, and factory regulation-constituted the Social Gospel’s most prominent concerns. During the 1930s many of these ideals were realized through the rise of organized labour and the legislation of the New Deal by U.S. Pres.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Social Gospel Movement was a religious movement that arose during the second half of the nineteenth century. Ministers, especially ones belonging to the Protestant branch of Christianity, began to tie salvation and good works together. They argued that people must emulate the life of Jesus Christ.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sheldon was part of the Social Gospel movement, an effort among Protestant Christians to improve the economic, moral, and social conditions of the urban poor. The rapid urbanization of the late 1800s and early 1900s had overwhelmed the infrastructure of American cities.

Detailed explanation-4: -The social gospel emerged within Protestant Christianity at the end of the 19th century. It emphasized the need for Christians to be concerned for the salvation of society, and not simply individual souls.

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