Views on Wealth & Poverty in the United States in the Late 19th Century

Views on Wealth& Poverty in theGilded Age

APUSH - SPICONARDI

The Perspectives

Social Darwinism

Gospel of Wealth

Social Gospel

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Edward Bellamy & LookingBackward

In 1889, Bellamy’s Looking Backward is published

The novel promoted socialism (nationalism) bywriting of a utopian society in the year 2000

Plot

Julian West falls asleep in 1887 and awakes 113years later

Doctor Leete guides Julian through the newAmerica

All industries are nationalized

An Industrial Army produces and distributes

All goods distributed equally to citizens

Everyone retires at age 45

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Edward Bellamy & LookingBackward

Key Points

The state should guarantee economic security toall

Freedom was a social condition placed uponinterdependence, not autonomy

Liberty is not achieved by freeing oneself fromgovernmental restriction

Legacy

Bellamy’s ideas were deemed radical & deemedas a threat to social order

Over 160 “Bellamy Clubs” emerged to discuss andpropagate Bellamy’s ideas

Influenced reformers, such as the Progressives,and 20th century intellectuals

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