WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
GILDED AGE POLITICS
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Question
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explain the differences in income between the rich and the poor
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urge Congress to end immigration
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encourage the passage of compulsory education laws
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support the growth of new political parties
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Detailed explanation-1: -Social Darwinism is a loose set of ideologies that emerged in the late 1800s in which Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection was used to justify certain political, social, or economic views.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many Social Darwinists embraced laissez-faire capitalism and racism. They believed that government should not interfere in the “survival of the fittest” by helping the poor, and promoted the idea that some races are biologically superior to others.
Detailed explanation-3: -Social Darwinism is the application of Darwin’s theory of natural selection to society-specifically in economics and business in America. Social Darwinism was embraced by the nation’s wealthy upper class in the late 19th century to justify their accumulation of wealth and power.
Detailed explanation-4: -Social Darwinism applied the theory of natural selection to social actions, believing that only the strongest and fittest succeed in life. Individualism was the idea that anyone could succeed regardless of his or her origins or social standing.