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Who among the following persons is known to have infused the idea of American superiority based on "international" Darwinism?

William Graham Sumner
Randolph William Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan

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The man who infused the idea of American superiority based on "international" Darwinism was William Graham Sumner. William Sumner was a professor of sociology at Yale university. The correct answer is A. 
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I believe the answer is: William Graham Sumner

According to Darwinism, an organism would survive throughout the years if they are the 'fittest' organism that able to adapt to the environment.

William Graham Sumner relate this finding to American superiority by inferring that Americans able to obtain the most wealth and power because we are the 'fittest' people to adapt to current world's system.

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