The Social Gospel Movement originated during the second half of the 19th century. It grew from the ideas of religious protestant leaders, who wanted to associate good deeds to the possibility of achieving salvation.
The Industrial Age was an ongoing period of time during the appearance of the Gospel Movement in which there were numerous technological developments in manufacturing techniques that increased the output of many industries. Regarding personnel who worked in the factories, there were many excesses committed by business owners towards workers during this age, as the concept of labor rights was still inexistent. The Social Gospel Movement was key in influencing the improvement of the working conditions of the working classes. In the short term, it would immediately cut all excesses committed against the overall health and well being of the working class. In the long-term, it promoted what would become the legal framework for labor law.
Southern states continued to deny Black men the right to vote using a collection of state and local statutes during the Jim Crow era. Subsequent amendments to the Constitution granted women the right to vote and lowered the legal voting age to 18.
