Labor and Big business quiz

Laissez faire was the philosophy that because the market was never made, that no one has the right to meddle in it. Laissez faire also emphasized the fact that virtuous, hard-working people could rise to the top. A good example of this was Andrew Carnegie. The laizzez faire philosophy discouraged governemtn intervention in business to improve the salries or working conditions of laborers. Another ideaology was Social Darwinism. Social darwinism was the belief that the strong should surivive (the rich) and the weak (the poor) should perish to make humanity stronger. Social darwinism was used by big business owners like John D. Rockerfellar to justify the low wages, unsafe working conditions, and long hours in their factories.