U.S. History Since 1877 CH 16

In the late nineteenth century, the Republican Party found particularly strong support among all of the following except

Irish Americans

What was the book in which Henry George proposed a "single tax" on real estate that would replace all other taxes?

Progress and Poverty

All of the following were "captains of industry" except

Samuel Gompers

The belief that private control of economic enterprises should be replaced by government ownership in order to ensure a fairer distribution of the benefits of the wealth produced is called

Socialism

Which of the following was John D. Rockefeller's company?

Standard Oil

The poem by Emma Lazarus including "huddled masses yearning to breathe free" is located on which American landmark?

Statue of Liberty

In which industry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?

Steel

The political "boss" of New York City in the early 1870s was

William M. Tweed

The event marking the end of four centuries of armed conflict between the continent's native population and European settlers and their descendants was called

Wounded Knee

William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was?

an entertainer who had a traveling show showcasing reenactments of battles with Indians.