the gilded age (urbanization) ssush12a. warning: this documentary is rather dry. used carefully it...
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The Gilded Age (Urbanization)SSUSH12a
TIME / GEOGRAPHY
United States (1877- 1900)
SOCIAL
Warning: This documentary is rather dry. Used carefully it can be very powerful.
Urbanization
• “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
Social Gospel
• 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
Jane Addams & The Hull House
Hull House2 Goals:1. Help Immigrant Neighbors2. 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…”
Jacob Riis
• “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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