Big Business and Labor Quiz

The business ideologies of Laissez Faire and Social Darniwism caused labor to have a "survival for the fittest" type of life. Laborers were mistreated severely by the factory owners, rich industrialists and the upper class. Most facotry Owners adopted Social Darwinism. Social Darwinism was where the owners found harsh working conditions, low wages, and unfair treatment meant to be. English philosopher Herbert Spencer used Charle's Darwins theory of evolution to explain human society. Economists found social darwinism a way to justify the doctrine of Laissez Faire. Which means allow to do in French. According to Laissez Faire the marketplace should not be regulated, thus making work for laborers extremely hard. The laborers had no chance but to except the seven day workweeks, 12-14 hour days, low wages, no vacation time, no sick leave, no disability insurance, no healthcare, no unemployment compensation and severly dangerous working conditions. For example John D. Rockefeller was the first American billionaire, by adopting social darwinism and abiding by the doctrine of Laissez Faire he was able to earn a ridiculous amount of money. The bottom line was that the rich industrialists thought that God intended to give the workers awful work problems so that the economy could be regulated, and the country would expand.