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Quiz for Document 23–2: Reinhold Niebuhr, Diary Entries, 1925–1928

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 23.5

1. According to Niebuhr, how did Henry Ford exemplify the morality of the new era?

Ford demonstrated a serious concern for the welfare of his employees.

Ford was known to be an outspoken anti-Semite and xenophobe.

Ford preached sobriety to his workers but drank heavily in private.

Ford was praised for delaying his new car model despite the fact that this led to months of lost wages for many workers and hardship for their families.

Question 23.6

2. What was Niebuhr’s assessment of Christianity in Detroit?

Christianity provided moral uplift to immigrant workers in Detroit.

Christianity was out of touch with the needs and lived experience of Detroit’s working class.

Christianity attended to the basic needs of the poor but failed to reach Detroit’s middle class.

Christianity was no longer relevant in an industrial city like Detroit.

Question 23.7

3. Neibuhr thought that moral standards in urban areas suffered due to

lack of sanitation.

immigration.

economic difficulties.

anonymity among residents.