Impact and Reaction

A large company at the time, the Great Northern Railway Company

• Businesses used Social Darwinism to justify their growth and compensation while smaller businesses lost money
• Big companies became even bigger by buying each other out, creating monopolies and eliminating competition
• Lack of competition drove prices up

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It became crutial to help the poor.

• The Social Darwinist belief stated that it wasn't necessary to help the poor 
• Contradicted American values and Christian values, so people began to say it was crucial to help the poor
• Many people said Social Darwinism was a corrupt version of Darwinism
• Big businesses' constant growth caused people to say the power of these businesses needed to be limited

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