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What were some of the effects of Laissez-Faire Capitalism & Social Darwinism on American society?

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Laissez-Faire, otherwise called free market capitalism, allowed businesses to prosper. Social darwinism led to inequality.

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Social Darwinists believe in “survival of the fittest”—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better. Social Darwinism has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half.

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