Social Darwinism validated all of the following EXCEPT:?

Question

Divorce and child custody for mothers/wives
Racial segregation
Restriction of mix-race marriages
Public school segregation


Which is the best answer for this question? After the Revolution and into the 19C, the issue of child labor was not seen as a serious social problem because:

a. Parents never had their children work in factories

b.Americans educated their children at home; they did not contribute to family economies

c. Across time and cultures, children have worked and contributed to the family economy; because America was industrializing did not mean they shouldn't work in labor jobs

d. From the very beginning of the founding of America, child labor was illegal

Answer 1

Do the assigned reading and your OWN homework!!

Chow!!

Answer 2

You should read your textbooks, these are not hard questions, but...
a) and c). Social Darwinism was racially obsessed.

In Britain in the 1820s (or -30s) there was a government inquiry into child labour in factories, and although stories of injury, danger and neglect were heard, what REALLY upset the ruling classes was a child who did not know who Jesus was.

Answer 3

Question 1's answer is A, I think. Social Darwinism was racially and intellectually based.

Question 2's answer would be C.