After the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, the eastern half of the empire centered in Constantinople came to be known as the __________
A) Byzantine Empire
B) Persian Empire
C) Kingdom of the Franks
D) Kingdom of the Visigoths
A. Byzantine Empire
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Author Henry George was inspired by what event that led him to write Progress and Poverty?
A) the 1880 census, which revealed rampant poverty in America B) the election of Benjamin Harrison to the presidency C) the railway strike of 1877 D) the stock market collapse of 1886
The Homestead Act of 1862 was designed to
a. encourage the settlement of abandoned southern plantations. b. encourage miners to develop the coal regions of Pennsylvania. c. speed up economic development of the West. d. create markets for the eastern textile industry.
Why was Alexis de Tocqueville interested in visiting the United States?
A) To help establish a cotton mill in Waltham B) To investigate American democracy C) To find a location where he could hide from the French secret police D) To demonstrate that American society was teetering on collapse and headed for another revolution E) To investigate the causes of the long economic depression that had caused so much hardship in the new nation
The first Republican candidate for president was
A. John C. Frémont. B. Millard Fillmore. C. Stephen Douglas. D. Abraham Lincoln. E. James Buchanan.