Question

How did social darwinism contributed to european imperialism and world war?

Answer 1

Social Darwinism, Imperialism was the natural expansion and success of a well-evolved culture and this expansion would help remove or improve underperforming cultures.

Explanation:

Social Darwinism

Only the best survive. The idea that humans, like animals and plants, compete in a struggle for existence in which natural selection results in "survival of the fittest."

Social Darwinism was used to justify imperialism, racism, and laissez-faire (i.e. conservative) social and economic policies.

Answer 2

It provided a justification for colonizing "lesser" people