Big Business and Labor Quiz

The ideologies of Laissez Faire and Social darwinism had a negative effect on laborers.  Laissez Faire is an ideology that means "to leave alone."  This means that the market just happens, the government can't interfere.  Social Darwinism is based on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.  Under this ideology, natural selection happened in business, with the Rich versus the Poor.  Eventually the poor, weak workers perish and the rich upper class survive and spread.  Laborers didn't agree with these ideologies because they believed they were just as good as the upper class.  Workers went on strikes to convey their unhappiness.  One specific incident was the Pullman Strike, where workers were unhappy with their pay cuts.  They weren't being payed enough for how many hours they were working, and could barely afford the rent of their apartments and the cost of everyday needs.