All of the following are true statements about the workers in the Lowell factory system except
a. they were virtually all New England farm girls.
b. they were carefully supervised on and off the job by watchful matrons.
c. they lived in company boardinghouses and were forbidden to form unions.
d. they worked a maximum five days a week for eight hours a day.
e. they labored under grueling working conditions.
d
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a. the controversy over the spoils system b. the nullification crisis c. the struggle over Indian removal d. the veto of the Bank bill e. the creation of the Whig Party
The development of alternating current electric power plants allowed for industry to spread; factories were no longer tied to a _______ power source, such as a river, or coal.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Is a bone a technology?
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Native-born people without a well-defined state structure are known as _____.
A. settler populations B. foreigners C. monocultures D. indigenous peoples