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| Adaptation of Darwin’s theory of evolution; “Laws” of evolution hold for human life that change or reform that took centuries and that the “fittest” would succeed in business and social relationships. Promoted the idea of competition and individualism. Used by elite to oppose reform. “survival of the fittest” and if government acted in behalf of poor it interfered with evolution. |
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| What Social Classes Owe To Each Other |
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| Written by William Graham Sumner and it portrayed wealthy as misunderstood and that they had good intentions that benefit all |
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| (1879) Henry George’s bestseller. It questioned Darwinism. It said that the wealthy get richer and the poor become more dependent it there is no limit on success. It suggested a single tax |
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| He said that criminals were made and not born and that they grew out of unjust conditions in life. That poverty is the root of all criminals |
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| written by Edward Bellamyin in 1887. It said that cooperation are better than competition and that we should have a wider distribution of wealth. |
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| Located in poor districts in big cities. They were community centers that tried to soften impact on urban life for immigrants and other families. They were ran by young educated women who provided social services and a political voice for their neighborhoods |
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| Reformer who ran settlement house. She established the Hull House of Chicago in 1889 and worked to fix the growing gap between the rich and the poor |
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| The settlement in Chicago, which was established in 1889 by Jane Addams |
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