APUSH AMSCO Main points of Unit 6 (6.11 and 6.12) Study Guide

APUSH AMSCO Main points of Unit 6 (6.11 and 6.12) Study Guide Learning Objective (6.11) - Answer️️ -Explain how different reform movements responded to the rise of industrial capitalism in the Gilded Age Reform in the Gilded Age (CONTEXT) - Answer️️ -Early reform efforts like the farmers trying to regulate rail roads and workers who were pushing for reform failed during the Gilded Age. However, the ideas and movements gained strength with the introduction of the educated middle class who had tome to create and join organizations to bring change. Socialism in the Gilded Age - Answer️️ -Henry George published a book in 1789 that condemned laissez-faire economics and called inequalities in wealth caused by industrialization. He said that the way to end poverty was to end all taxes and have a single tax on land. Edward Bellamy also published a book with the same sentiments as well. He envisioned that by 2000 the world would be free of poverty, greed, and crime. Both were criticized for being utopians, both inspired followers who followed other reform movements, both encouraged a shift from the American economy from laissez- faire to regulation, and both were called soclialists. Religion during the Gilded Age - Answer️️ -Roman Catholicism grew in the US due to the influx of immigrants from Italy, Ireland, and eastern Europe. Leaders like Cardinal James Gibbons inspired the support of old and new immigrants by defending the ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 Knights of Labor and the cause of organized labor. Dwight Moody founded the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago in 1889 and would help generations of evangelists to adapt Christianity into everyday life. The Salvation Army in the US provided necessities to the poor and homeless while preaching Christianity. The Social Gospel Movement - Answer️️ -This was a social reform movement that developed during the Gilded age and sought to apply the teachings of Jesus directly to society by improving housing, raising wages, and supporting public health measures. By doing this they believed that addressing poverty would help people find individual salvation This was a shift in beliefs of old Christians who thought that focusing on individual salvation would lead to a society with fewer problems. Walter Rauschenbusch - Answer️️ -New York clergyman who preached the social gospel, worked to alleviate poverty, and worked to make peace between employers and labor unions. His preaching of social gospel is linked to the Progressive reform movement and encouraged middle-class Protestants to attack urban problems Jane Addams and Hull House - Answer️️ -Social reformer who worked to improve the lives of the working class. In 1889 she founded Hull House in Chicago, the first private social welfare agency in the U.S., to assist the poor, combat juvenile delinquency and help immigrants learn to speak English. Families in Urban Society - Answer️️ -Urban life placed a strain on family by isolating themselves from extended families and villages. Divorce became