WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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the government should have control over the means of production and the marketplace
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all social class distinctions in American society should be eliminated
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economic success comes to those who are the hardest working and most competent
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wealth and income should be more equally distributed
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Detailed explanation-1: -Social Darwinists believe in “survival of the fittest”-the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better. Social Darwinism has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many factors promoted industry, including cheap labor, new inventions and technology, and plentiful raw materials. Railroads rapidly expanded. Government policies encouraged growth, and large corporations became an important part of the economy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gospel of Wealth, this philosophy held that wealthy Americans bore the responsibility of engaging in philanthropy-using their great fortunes to further social progress.
Detailed explanation-4: -Robber Barons used the ideas of Social Darwinism, the notion that corporate consolidations provided social mobility and opportunity, and the great economic prosperity available to justify the existence of monopolies.