Foner’s “Voices of Freedom, US history discussion post

In Chapter 16 of Foner’s “Voices of Freedom,” you were asked to read
Doc. 102: William Graham Sumner on Social Darwinism and Doc. 106 Walter
Rauschenbusch and the Social Gospel. After reading Chapter 16 in Foner’s
“Give me Liberty!,” looking over the Ch. 16 Power Point, and reading
these documents, imagine that Sumner and Rauschenbusch are sitting
together in a room discussing the affects of industrialization which
include class divisions, lack of rights for workers, inequality, and
poverty. 

In your original post, adopt the persona of either Sumner or
Rauschenbusch. Describe how that man would have felt about these issues
mentioned above. Would they have proposed solutions to these problems?
If so, why and how? And if not, why not? (It may help you to consider
the following questions when thinking about how to answer the discusson
prompt : How did the elite differ from the urban and rural poor on the
following questions: What social conditions make freedom possible? What
role should the government play in defining and protecting the liberties
of its citizens?)

For your reply, find a classmate who adopted the same persona as you
did in your original post. Adopt the persona of the opposite character
and refute the arguments they made.