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The term ''cottage industry'' means that?
Farmers and peasants made products in their homes for merchants
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The National Road was also known as?
The Cumberland Road
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Most Asian immigrants arrived and were processed at
Angel Island, San Francisco, California
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Tenements can best be described as
Apartments
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Someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for his/her business is know as an
entrepreneur
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Who developed the Flying Shuttle?
John Kay
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How fast could the ''iron horse'' travel in one hour?
Eighteen miles
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Who designed the frame or ''spine'' for the Statue of Liberty
Gustave Eiffel
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Alexander Graham Bell was originally from what country?
Scotland
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What textile product helped to prosper England into a world economic power in the 14th century?
Wool
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In which state was he first textile mill built?
Rhode Island
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At what place did the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad connect?
Promontory Point, Utah
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The tablet in the Statue of Liberty's hand symbolizes?
America's system of law and oder
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What items were used as a goals when basketball was invited?
Peach baskets
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On what part of the ship did most immigrants travel?
The steerage
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All of the following machines greatly increased the production of cotton in America EXCEPT the spinning wheel the steam engine the power loom the mule
The spinning wheel
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What resource fueled the growth of the Industrial Revolution?
Coal
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How did immigrants officials indicate possible medical and mental problems of immigrants as they were processed?
A chalk mark was placed on the suspected immigrant's clothing
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On what part of the ship did most immigrants travel?
The steerage
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What early spinning invention allowed one person to spin eight threads at once?
The Jenny
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Which president stated that ''England has become a den of pirates, and France has become a den of thieves''?
Thomas Jefferson
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Immigrants of the late 19th century differed from earlier immigrants because
More intended to return home after making money.
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Immigrants who arrived in America were expected to have how much money
Ten to twenty-five dollars
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The power source of Francis Lowell's mills in Massachusetts was
The Merrimac River
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In what year did America go to war as a result of Britain' s interference with american trade?
1812
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