Social Darwinism describes the various theories that emerged in Western Europe and North America in the 1870s which applied biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics, and politics. Social Darwinism posits that the strong see their wealth and power increase while the weak see their wealth and power decrease. Different social Darwinist groups have differing views about which groups of people are considered to be the strong and which groups of people are considered to be the weak, and they also hold different opinions about the precise mechanisms that should be used to reward strength and punish weakness. Many such views stress competition between individuals in laissez-faire capitalism, while others were used in support of authoritarianism, eugenics, racism, imperialism, fascism, Nazism, and struggle between national or racial groups.
The most famous is Paul Revere - who worked as a messenger and warned the colonists of an impending British attack. His dedication to patriotism reflected in the growing sense of democratic ideals.
Rail road companies facilitated settlement of the Great Plains because it provided a means of transportation for settlers to get to the location. The government had also provided land to these companies which they sold at an affordable cost to the new settlers. The area was a large expanse of flat land making it easy for newcomers to establish agriculture.
