Social Darwinism most heavily affected the US government's relationship to big business during the late 1800s, coined by Mark Twain as "the Gilded Age." The theory affected this relationship by convincing (or allowing politicians to convince themselves) that only the strongest will survive and thus the government operated under a <em>laissez-faire </em>system (French for "hands off"). The government felt it should not regulate or weigh in on business issues and instead let businesses conduct affairs amongst themselves; however, this led to the creation of large monopolies, the formation of a moneyed elite still with us today, and the creation of the now huge wealth gap between the richest and poorest Americans.
The discovery of the New world set in motion many changes. For example, 50 years after Columbus had arrived in the Caribbean 90% of the native population of the island Hispanola were dead from smallpox. Many diseases came from animals. Cows brought tuberculosis to American continent and from horses and pigs native Indians got influenza. The result was that those diseases drastically reduced populations in America. Answer: <span>America.</span><span />
A student in today's high school could argue that historians will look back on this generation as one that took a strong stance against gun violence. After the Parkland High School shooting, students all over the country demonstrated peacefully in a walk out to show their disagreement with gun control policies in the United States. This was followed up with the "March for our lives" event on March 24th of this year, advocating for stricter gun control laws.
Answer: citizens' needs are met and protected
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