In 1901, Andrew Carnegie sold his empire for $400 million then donated most of the money to various causes
A) True
B) False
A
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In 1856, Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina almost beat Senator __________ of Massachusetts to death on the floor of the U.S. Senate
a. Thaddeus Stevens b. John C. Calhoun c. Charles Sumner d. Zachary Taylor e. William Graham Sumner
Real wages for British laborers between 1850 and 1870 increased by
A) more than 25 percent. B) approximately 50 percent. C) nearly 100 percent. D) 200 percent. E) None of these are correct.
Who described representative government as "nothing but a committee for managing the affairs of the whole bourgeoisie"?
a. Hitler b. Mussolini c. Roosevelt d. Marx e. Lenin
Which of the following statements concerning the Bank of the United States is true?
A. In the 1820s and 1830s it was mismanaged, unresponsive to the nation's needs, and unsuccessful in stabilizing the currency. B. The Supreme Court ruled the bank unconstitutional. C. Andrew Jackson hated it because he thought it was an agent of special privilege, and he vetoed the bill to recharter it. D. It was the critical issue in the 1824 election that threw the election into the House of Representatives.