Big Business and Labor Quiz

Question: Why and with what effect did the 19th century business ideologies of Laissez Faire and Social Darwinism have on laborers?

Answer: Social Darwinism and Laissez Faire had a very big effect on the laborers. Laissez Faire is a french word that is defined as "allow to do" and many of the employees took this out of what Charles Darwin was saying. Charles Darwin's theory is that the rich will evolve from families and they will be the ones to succeed in the long run because they are getting so much money and the poor aren't able to live. He is saying the poor will die out and the rich will increase. Many laborers went on strike because they were getting little pay and they had to work long hours. They were treated badly because the employers "knew" it was okay for them to do this because of Social Darwinism and Laissez Faire. The employees had a lot of money and could fire the striker and hire a immigrant and pay them even less.