Under the ________ system, manufacturers provided raw materials to people in their own homes and then picked up the finished products for distribution
A) finishing-off
B) mass production
C) piece work
D) putting-out
E) cottage industry
Answer: D
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a. improved agricultural productivity. b. aided engineers in road construction. c. contributed to the switch from infantry to cavalry based armies. d. removed snow from Alpine passes, facilitating trade.
The guest worker program encouraged immigration from former European colonies in Africa, Asia, and the West Indies
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following provisions of the Compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850's?
a. The admission of California as a free state b. The establishment of the principle of popular sovereignty in the Mexican cession c. The ban on the slave trade in the District of Columbia d. The continued protection of slavery in the District of Columbia e. The strengthened Fugitive Slave Law
A runaway slave making a successful escape from the American South was
A. impossible. B. unlikely. C. highly likely. D. likely. E. highly unlikely.