USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the theory suggests that the wealthy are superior and society promotes survival of the fittest?
A
Materialism
B
Gospel of Wealth
C
Social Darwinism
D
Manifest Destiny
Explanation: 

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: -Darwin and a scientific contemporary of his, Alfred Russel Wallace, proposed that evolution occurs because of a phenomenon called natural selection. In the theory of natural selection, organisms produce more offspring than are able to survive in their environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct option is A True. Charles Darwin: Charles Darwin suggested that evolution works on the concept of survival of the fittest. He stated that individuals in a population, or community, are more likely to survive if they fit into the environmental conditions.

Detailed explanation-4: -The theory held that due to natural selection, the most intelligent, industrious, and productive people would grow wealthy and survive while the uneducated and lazy would remain poor and die off.

Detailed explanation-5: -Survival of the fittest means that organisms that are better adapted to their environment are best suited to survive and successfully reproduce. “Survival of the fittest” is an expression, developed from Darwin’s theory of evolution.

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