Henry George sparked the reform movements of which era?
Roaring Twenties
American Revolution
Progressive Era
Civil Rights Movement
Answer
Henry George's book Progress and Poverty, published in 1879, was a key influence on the Progressive Era of American reform. George argued that the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few individuals was the result of land ownership, and that the only way to ensure social justice was to tax land values and redistribute the proceeds to the poor.
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