1. Social Darwinist vs. Progressives US History: Spiconardi

2. Social Darwinism  Social Darwinism  A theory that takes Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and applies it to socio-economics.  Social Darwinists disagreed with the Progressives  Government should not interfere in aiding unions, regulating factory conditions, or private economic affairs  Laissez-faire  “let do;” government should keep its hands off businesses and the economy as a whole

3. Social Darwinism  “It’s survival of the fittest”  The wealthy are wealthy because they were the most capable  The poor are poor because they are weak

4. Social Darwinism  The Hypocrisy of Social Darwinism  What is hypocrisy? Can you give some examples?  While Social Darwinist didn’t want government to interfere in business by regulating business, Social Darwinists wanted the government to assist business through:  Low interest rate loans  Tax relief  Increased tariffs

5. Social Darwinism  Industrialists Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller were Social Darwinists, but they believed (You tell me. We learned about these two “Captains of Industry” [Hint, hint. Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge…] in our last unit of study):  ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ _______________

6. And Jane Addams was a woman who believed in charity Jane Addams and Hull House

7.  Jane Addams  Progressive who advocated for the urban poor & immigrants, women’s suffrage, and pacifism during World War I  She and a friend opened Hull House, the first U.S. settlement house, in Chicago in 1889

8. Jane Addams and Hull House  Hull House  A settlement house in a poor immigrant neighborhood of Chicago  Settlement house  Houses in which middle-class volunteers would live and provided food, shelter, cultural assistance, and education to the urban poor and immigrants  This aid could be provided due to the charity of wealthy citizens  Settlement houses brought the wealthy, middle-class, and poor together