Question 10 • 8th Grade US History & Geography A
Social Darwinism applied the idea of “survival of the fittest” to society, suggesting that successful people were especially capable. Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth argued that wealthy people should use their resources to benefit society, so the idea that they are best suited to help the less fortunate fits this view. The other choices do not express that social-Darwinist rationale.
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