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How does Social Darwinism relate to industrialization and immigration in the U.S. from 1870-1940.

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Answer:Based on Darwin's 1859 The Origin of Species, Social Darwinism claimed survival of the fittest based on natural selection in social and cultural settings. ... Sumner interpreted Spencer (and thus Darwin) refused to accept industrialization as a progress of freedom.

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