Question

Which of the following best illustrates a direct consequence of the social gospel movement
A)Hundreds of settlement houses opened across the United States.
B Social Darwinists began encouraging people not to help less-fortunate people.
C The Salvation Army offered different kinds of services to less-fortunate people.
DProtestant Christians formed groups that opposed drinking alcohol.

Answer 1

Option A is correct here.

Several hundreds of settlement houses opened in the United States as a result of the Social Gospel Movement in the early 20th century.

The settlement houses helped the poor, especially poor immigrants and provided them with education, healthcare and creche services. The movement also worked to help those, with alcohol addiction and other social problems. It helped the slums.

Answer 2

The direct consequences of the movement of the social Gospel was the offering to the people with less fortune for the different types of services by the Salvation Army.

ANSWER: Option C

Explanation:

The Social Gospel was the reform which appeared in form of a movement during the period of 1870 and 1920. The movement appeared in the United States. It was a remarkable social movement based on the religion. The main objective of the movement was the social equality with the equal justice for all the humankind.