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The Gilded Age (Urbanization) SSUSH12a
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Warning: This documentary is rather dry. Used carefully it can be very powerful.
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“New” Immigrants Southern and Western Europe Ellis Island Crowding of Cities Terrible Living Conditions Social Movements to Alleviate Suffering – Social Gospel – Jane Addams and the Hull House in Chicago – Jacob Riis
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Led by Walter Rauschenbusch – Response to the “Gospel of Wealth” of Carnegie “Gospel of Wealth” – God deals with humankind and blesses humankind individually – God blesses individuals with wealth Social Gospel – Sin is not Personal, it is Societal or Institutional – Salvation = Reforming Society to Help the Poor
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Hull House 2 Goals: 1.Help Immigrant Neighbors 2.Help Educated Women Find Work Jane Addams College Graduate “I gradually became convinced that it would be a good thing to rent a house in part of the city where many primitive and actual needs are found…”
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“Muckraking” Journalist and Social Commentary Photographer Captured the horrid conditions of inner cities His photography brings the life of the poor to the attention of the Middle- Class
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