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Who developed the flying shuttle?
John Kay
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In which state was the first textile mill built?
Rhode Island
100
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
100
What resource fueled the growth of the industrial revolution?
coal
100
Immigrants of the late 19th century differed from earlier immigrants because
more intended to return home after making money.
200
Which president stated that ''England has become a den of pirates, and France has become a den of thieves"?
Thomas Jefferson
200
Most Asian immigrants arrived and were processed where?
Angle Island, San Francisco, California
200
Who designed the frame or ''spine'' for the Statue of Liberty?
Gustave Eiffel
200
What provided a route for trade between the Great Lakes and the northeastern United States?
the Erie Canal
200
How did immigration officials indicate possible medical and mental problems of immigrants as they were processed
A chalkmark was placed on the suspected immigrant's clothing
300
Immigrants who arrived in America were expected to have how much money?
Ten to twenty five dollars
300
Tenements can best be described as
Apartments
300
The National Road was also known as
The Cumberland Road
300
The tablet in the Statue of Liberty's hand symbolizes
America's system of law and order
300
Alexander Graham Bell was originally from what country
Scotland
400
Someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for his/her business is known as an
entrepreneur
400
The power source of Francis Lowell's mills in Massachusetts was
The Merrimac River
400
On what part of the ship did most immigrants travel?
A steerage
400
What items were used as goals when basketball was invented?
peach baskets
400
How fast could the "iron horse" travel in one hour?
eighteen miles
500
What textile product helped to prosper England into a world economic power in the 14th century?
wool
500
At what place did the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad connect
Promontory Point, Utah
500
What early spinning invention allowed one person to spin eight threads at once?
the jenny
500
In what year did America go to war as a result of Britain's interference with American trade?
1812
500
The term ''cottage industry'' means that?
Farmers and peasants mad products in their homes for merchants.