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penza · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The gospel of wealth philosophy was developed by

A) John D. Rockefeller.
B) Andrew Carnegie.
C) Horatio Alger.
D) James Garfield.
E) Jason Gould.

Question 2

The Aztec empire, which Cortz conquered in 1519, was located

A) in the Peruvian Andes.
B) on Cuba.
C) in central Mexico.
D) in southern Florida.
E) on the Yucatan Peninsula.

Question 3

Horatio Alger's stories

A) were rags to riches stories of young poor boys.
B) were detailed accounts of how the poor lived.
C) were accounts of how people lived in the poor nations of Europe.
D) criticized American capitalism.
E) None of these are correct.

Question 4

The term encomienda refers to

A) a Spanish system devised to collect tribute from natives and to use their labor.
B) Spanish officials who supervised local industries.
C) taxes levied on the colonists by the Spanish government.
D) special Jesuit missionaries assigned to posts in the New World.
E) mission schools set up to educate the Indians.

Question 5

The term Robber Barons refers to

A) corrupt politicians
B) immigrants who are perceived to take jobs away from native-born Americans
C) wealthy industrialists who dominated the corporate United States in the late nineteenth century
D) municipal tax collectors
E) None of these are correct.