Question

Which two entrepreneurs believed they were examples of social Darwinism at work? A.Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse B.Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller C.John D. Rockefeller and Cornelius Vanderbilt D.Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 1

Answer:

B.Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller

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Answer 2

Answer:

B) Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller

Explanation:

The term social Darwinism refers to a group of theories that began appearing in the 1870s in Western Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America. According to these theories, the concepts of survival of the fittest and natural selection didn't have to apply only to the world of biology, but sociology and politics as well. Social Darwinists, like Andrew Carnegie, the leader of expansion of American steel industry and one of the richest Americans to have ever lived, and John D. Rockefeller, also an industrialist, who is considered to be the richest person in modern history, believed that certain people could become powerful in society because they are inherently better than others.