Constrasting_Ideals_Following_Industrialization

Constrasting Ideals Following Industrialization Contrasting Ideals Following Industrialization The Civil War firmly established industry in the North and growth in the West. The south resisted this industrialization and manufactured little. The industrialization of American society during this time forced beliefs towards Christianity to be altered. Evidence of these new ideas about religion could be seen in the liberal views of the Social Gospel movement. The opposition would have been the Fundamentalist movement which simplified religion to somewhat basic standards. These to movements were different but equally critical for Christianity during the years following the Civil War. Northern cities saw an enormous amount of grow happen rapidly in it industries. Examples of this boom were widespread. Chicago and Cleveland were among cities that prospered during this time. “Chicago, the city of the railroad and slaughterhouse, experienced unprecedented growth in population, construction, banking, and manufacturing” (Foner 9). Cleveland saw the clustering of oil refineries along its shores (Malone and Rauch 36). As industrialism advanced, changes in society became evident. “Women assumed new public roles, demanded the right to vote, attended high school and college, and worked in offices alongside men”(Diner 5). Meanwhile the South was dependent social, gospel, rauch, new, movement, time, malone, fundamentalists, war, south, nation, during, cities, christianity, american, york, society, religion, civil, against, science, saw, reform, preacher, movements, methods, message, masses, made, liberal, laws, industry, industrialization, ideas, ideals, growth, goods, fundamentalist, following, different, demanded, cleveland, chicago, changes, after, above, ‘coffin, years, worth, worked