How did intellectuals utilize the ideal of Social Darwinism in the Gilded Age?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Survival of the fittest applied to the wealthiest members of society and thus the poor members of society deserved their fate and the government should not alter fate.
You might also like to view...
According to Holsti, in recent times ______.
a. abstract reasons for war have decreased, while concrete reasons have increased b. concrete reasons for war have decreased, while abstract reasons have increased c. the increase in knowledge means there are no valid concrete reasons for war d. the increase in knowledge means there are no valid abstract reasons for war
Which of the following is part of the outer cabinet?
A) Department of Agriculture. B) Department of Treasury C) Department of Justice D) Department of Defense E) Department of State.
Who declared that “the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace”?
a. George C. Marshall. b. Harry S. Truman. c. Dwight D. Eisenhower. d. George Kennan.
How did the inclusion of the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution come about?
a. As president, George Washington requested that it be included. b. It was a concession to the Anti-Federalists in return for ratifying the Constitution. c. It was a concession to the Federalists in return for ratifying the Constitution. d. Members to the convention added it in deference to Thomas Jefferson, who wrote it.