Question
There remains, then, only one mode of using great fortunes... Under its sway we
Use the quote to answer the question.
Which idea does this passage
shall have an ideal state, in which the surplus wealth of the few will become, in the best sense, the property of the many, because administered for the common
express?
(1 point)
good, and this wealth, passing through the hands of the few, can be made a much
• Manifest Destiny
more potent force for the elevation of our race than if it had been distributed in small
• Gospel of Wealth
sums to the people themselves. Even the poorest can be made to see this, and to
• Wealth of Nations
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
Social Darwinism
Use the quote to answer the question.
Which idea does this passage
shall have an ideal state, in which the surplus wealth of the few will become, in the best sense, the property of the many, because administered for the common
express?
(1 point)
good, and this wealth, passing through the hands of the few, can be made a much
• Manifest Destiny
more potent force for the elevation of our race than if it had been distributed in small
• Gospel of Wealth
sums to the people themselves. Even the poorest can be made to see this, and to
• Wealth of Nations
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
Social Darwinism
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The passage expresses the idea of the "Gospel of Wealth." In this context, Andrew Carnegie argues that great fortunes should be used for the common good, emphasizing that the wealthy have a responsibility to manage their wealth for the benefit of society rather than distributing it in small sums to individuals.