The church exercised authority by:
being the largest landowner in Europe
requiring people to attend church services
making laws and controlling the legal system
The church influenced daily life by:
making and enforcing laws of marriage
overseeing the writing of wills and contracts
requiring people to perform penance for misdeeds
collecting donations for cathedrals
teaching and educating
The church offered hope to Europeans by:
teaching that salvation was possible
<span>offering people a chance to confess their sins and be forgiven</span>
Answer:
The progressive era is the experience of rapid growth in American society between 1890 to 1920. However, it was not so progressive for the African Americans, who were facing racial segregation in different parts. The social reformers within the African American society took the national stage to project the issues faced by black people and the debate revolved around how to solve those problems. Booker T. Washington, W.E.B Du Bois, Ida B. Wells were the leading names of reformers from the progressive era.
The document was the Emancipation Proclamation and was issued on January 1st 1863 hope that helps! :)
