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  1. Feb 2026
    1. Like Charles Sheldon’s fictional Rev. Maxwell, Rauschenbusch believed that every Christian, whether they were a businessperson, a politician, or a stay-at-home parent, should ask themselves what they could do to enact the kingdom of God on Earth

      In what ways does this quote show that Rauschenbusch believed Christianity should guide social responsibility and action in everyday life, regardless of a person’s role in society?

    2. The many problems associated with the Gilded Age—the rise of unprecedented fortunes and unprecedented poverty, controversies over imperialism, urban squalor, a near-war between capital and labor, loosening social mores, unsanitary food production, the onrush of foreign immigration, environmental destruction, and the outbreak of political radicalism

      While the era is remembered for wealth and industrial growth, it also exposed deep inequalities and serious social problems, like unsafe working conditions, poverty, and corruption.

  2. Jan 2026
    1. Karl Marx had described the new industrial economy as a worldwide class struggle between the wealthy bourgeoisie, who owned the means of production, such as factories and farms, and the proletariat, factory workers and tenant farmers who worked only for the wealth of others.

      I agree with Marx that the industrial economy is basically a constant struggle. Farmers and factory workers do all the work that keeps things running, and without them, the wealthy wouldn’t have the products they depend on.

    2. Farmers had always been dependent on the whims of the weather and local markets. But now they staked their financial security on a national economic system subject to rapid price swings, rampant speculation, and limited regulation.

      Farmers were harmed by industrialization and corporate power, leading them to organize and launch the Populist movement in response to economic inequality.