Do Now: What was one BAD thing about Industrialization? Aim:Did the problems caused by Industrialization outweigh its positive effects in the US around the year 1900? Do Now: What was one BAD thing about Industrialization?
child labor low pay pollution The results of laissez-faire policies: poor working conditions low pay laissez-faire: (in French= let it be) the belief that government should not interfere with business matters. pollution monopolies unsafe foods and medicines government corruption
Social Darwinism: The idea that “the strongest survive” – it was used to justify the growing gap between rich and poor, as well the creation of monopolies which drove smaller companies out of business.