AP U.S. History / Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898
6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age
Notes
Reformers challenged inequality: Henry George (single tax), Edward Bellamy, the Social Gospel, women's suffrage groups, temperance (WCTU), and journalists like Jacob Riis (How the Other Half Lives).
Practice
How the Other Half Lives exposed:
Jacob Riis, photojournalism.
The Social Gospel movement called on Christians to:
Faith and reform.
The WCTU campaigned for:
Frances Willard.
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