What was the name of the early manufacturing system in which women sewed clothing and other articles in their home and then sent the items to merchants for assembly and sale?
A) ?assembly line
B) ?piecework
C) ?interchangeable parts
D) ?diversified manufacturing
B
You might also like to view...
The spinning mule, invented in 1779:
a. Depended on the preparatory work of an increased number of handicraftsmen. b. Combined the spinning and weaving of textiles into one machine. c. Improved the threshing of grain, by harnessing the power of mules in a cycle. d. Led to the full-scale machine production of textiles.
In response to Truman’s support for a civil rights plank in the 1948 Democratic platform, __________ led a walkout of southern Democrats from the party convention
A) Walter Sillers of Mississippi B) George Wallace of Alabama C) Strom Thurmond of South Carolina D) Benjamin J. Davis of New York
Which Soviet city was NOT being threatened by Nazi forces by the end of summer in 1942?
A. Vladivostok B. Leningrad C. Stalingrad D. Moscow
In the late nineteenth century, urban political bosses did all of the following EXCEPT
A. provide material assistance to the poor. B. reduce the costs of city services. C. reward followers with patronage. D. enrich themselves through graft and corruption. E. win votes for their political organization.