How were the Waltham System and Lowell Experiment different from earlier factory systems in the United States?
A) These factories were the first to use water power for their operations.
B) The factories were established in small existing buildings found in large cities.
C) These were the first factories to house their labor force in company-owned dormitories.
D) These were the first factories constructed in the South.
C
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What did John D. Rockefeller and other members of the upper class believe was the source of poverty?
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a. widened the number of countries from which immigrants could come. b. were passed with relatively little protest. c. increased the number of immigrants from eastern Europe. d. resulted in a labor shortage. e. admitted more Africans to the U.S.
How did Europeans justify the use of African and Indian slavery?
What will be an ideal response?