Because an English law forbade the export of machinery blueprints Samuel Slater memorized the plans for the power-driven spinning jenny before immigrating to America.
a. true
b. false
Ans: a. true
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a. was vetoed by President Wilson. b. increased tariffs substantially. c. increased the special privileges of industry. d. enacted an income tax.
What was the middle passage?
A) the time many slaves spent on Sullivan's Island before going to be sold in auction B) the process of "seasoning" new slaves in the Caribbean C) the voyage taken by enslaved Africans to America D) the route taken from the interior to the ports of Africa E) the attempts of captured Africans to drown themselves en route to America
Bismarck goaded the Austrians into war in 1866 with the occupation of
A) Lorraine. B) Bavaria. C) Saxony. D) Schleswig-Holstein. E) Hesse-Darmstadt.
Manifest Destiny was the doctrine that __________
A) God intended the United States to extend westward to the Pacific B) Indians who refused to assimilate should be exterminated C) the United States was and should be a Christian nation D) the United States should become the most powerful nation in the Americas