Gladden describes Reformers as the "Men of Goodwill".
Washington Gladden was a prominent leader and a person who formulated the idea of the Social Gospel (a movement in North America began in the second half of the 19th century), he was also a preeminent member of the Progressive Movement. He had a firm belief in the social gospel. He urged his followers (reformers) to <u>put pressure on the political leaders to follow the will of the common people, rather the desires of affluent Industrialists</u>. One of the most significant contributions of the reformers to the society was the making of the Settlement Houses. He and his followers raised voice for the equality of the African- Americans.
The most important feature of the medieval period is that the samurai (warrior-administrators) replaced the court government in managing the local government. Because the court government had no police force, bands of samurai gained power when the Heian government neglected the administration of the provinces.
