Question

much more potent force for the elevation of our race than if it had been distributed in small sums to the people themselves. Even the poorest can be made to see this, and to agree that great sums gathered by some of their fellow citizens and spent for public purposes, from which the masses reap the principal benefit, are more valuable to them than if scattered among them through the course of many years in trifling amounts.
-Andrew Carnegie, 1889
Use the quote to answer the question.
Which idea does this passage express?
(1 point)
• Manifest Destiny
• Gospel of Wealth
• Wealth of Nations
• Social Darwinism

Answer 1

The idea expressed in the passage is the **Gospel of Wealth**. Andrew Carnegie outlines his belief that wealth should be used for the greater good of society, emphasizing that large sums of money spent on public purposes benefit everyone more significantly than small, individual distributions of wealth.