Thesis: The need for a justification of enormous wealth of a few and an

unimaginable poverty of millions was, as many tend to believe, fulfilled by

the emergence of a theory called Social Darwinism, which on one hand was

regarded as a primary defense of business activities, and on the other, was

I. Definition and origin of Social Darwinism

III. Overemphasis on Social Darwinism

B. Relied on Christian and other arguments

During the late 19th, and early 20th century, the United States experienced a

growth of industry like it has never seen before. New patents and inventions

flourished. New products flooded the market. While thousands of poor,

hungry, and unemployed crowded the streets, the rich were b

that from within societies, the businessmen proved to be the fittest. Sumner

hand with the Gilded Age and with the rise of the industry. The Gilded Age,

from The Descent of Man reads as follows: With savages, the weak in body

of New York, Sept. 1919. Bannister, Robert C. Social Darwinism: Science

between (Bannister 30-31). Social Darwinism in United States goes hand in

Andrew Carnegie's career was similar to that of John D. Rockefeller. "[He]

railroad superintendent, a director, and then, steel entered his life. He created

theories of Spencer and Sumner to justify their positions. ... Social

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