WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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help out workers with their needs
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justify monopolistic actions when eliminating competition
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help the public understand they were losing business to monopolies
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make labor unions an important part of their business life
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Poverty would always exist, Spencer concluded, because the stronger members of society would triumph over the weaker members. Social Darwinism provided wealthy and powerful people with a justification for their existence. Business owners utilized Social Darwinian beliefs to justify monopolies.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Robber barons typically employed ethically questionable methods to eliminate their competition and develop a monopoly in their industry. Often, they had little empathy for workers. Captains of industry, however, were often philanthropists.
Detailed explanation-5: -What is Social Darwinism? How did the wealthy use this to justify their place in society? survival or the fittest used by wealthy to defend their success if you are wealthy you deserve to be if your poor you need to work harder.