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.