one similarity is that they both involve natural selection. they are both theories based off of what darwin thought.

darwinism is natural, and it means that any species can arise, and any species can be selected by nature. social darwinism is all about survival of the fittest. it is a way for scientists to justify social policies for example Jim crow laws in the united states.

darwinism can be for humans alike, different species of all different kinds. social darwinism focuses on humans and different kinds of people, like race for example. it is merely a way for scientists to say how things should be based off of skin color or hair color or height or weight.

social darwinism has little do with science in reality, where darwinism is a scientific theory.

i think that eugenics contributed to darwins concept. he had many gaps in his theory and eugenics helped explain that.

i agree with this, Darwin didn't like the way the slaves were treated, but he still saw them as closely related to apes. not human. and people were influenced by what darwin said. which is why they were treated so cruelly.

in both Europe and America, slavery was very common. Charles Darwin was around at that time. he'd seen the slaves and how they were treated. he saw the people of color, and compared them to himself. he figured that if someone didn't look like him, they were lower on the food chain. he said that people of color were more related to apes than they were other human beings. and people must have thought, well since a scientist is saying that these people are animals, then theres nothing wrong with what we're doing. Darwin theory might have had a lot to do with how slavery was dealt with in the 1800s.