By the first decade of the 19c, American manufacturing had been revolutionized by the advent of?:
a) labor unions.
b) transcontinental railroads.
c) mail order catalogues.
d) the electric engine.
e) interchangeable machine parts.
Answer: e) interchangeable machine parts.
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