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Early Life: Walter Rauschenbusch was born in Rochester New York on October 4. His father was a United States immigrant who was raised a lutheran but later became a baptist. Walter was a very well educated man, he went to college for four years in Germany then moved back to the United States to finish up his eduacation at the University of Rochester and the Rochester theological seminary.

Problem: In the early 20th century there were many issues that resulted from industrialism that were frequent in the poor population. These issues included the poor living conditions, alcohol abuse, poor hygene and a higher crime rate. Many of this was a result of the owners of the big businesses having a firm belief in Darwinism. Darwinism is the belief that those who are fit enough to live, will live through the harshest conditions, so many of the business owners provided the workers with terrible working and living conditions.

Solution:

Walter Rauschenbusch was a part of the Social Gospel Movement where the members believe that everyone going through hard times should pray about their issues and ask for god to help them get through their problems. They essentially think that the country needs to become closer to god.

Bibliography:

"American Experience | Monkey Trial | People & Events." //PBS: Public Broadcasting Service//. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. .

"Social Gospel." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. . "Walter Rauschenbusch (Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology)." //People.bu.edu --- People on the Web at Boston University//. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. .