Factory production of purely cotton fabric was made possible by the invention of the ________
A. water frame
B. spinning jenny
C. pulling-out system
D. steam engine
E. flying shuttle
Answer: A
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A) slaves were treated better than northern industrial workers. B) they were becoming Christianized and thus their souls would be saved. C) slave children played with white children. D) slaves lived better on southern plantations than the natives in Africa.
Theodore Roosevelt believed that large corporate trusts
a. were destroying the essential American principles of individual freedom. b. were essentially greedy centers of power and wealth. c. should be regulated primarily by the states. d. should be curbed by federal power but not eliminated. e. should be balanced by strong labor unions.
The first two countries to declare their independence from the central Yugoslav government were __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
On the eve of the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914, William II of Germany
A) was plotting the overthrow of Nicholas II in Russia. B) was intentionally provoking the Russians to attack Austria and set off a world war. C) attempted to engage Nicholas II in a diplomatic dialogue to possibly avoid war. D) sent ultimatums to England and France that were so clumsy and insulting as to make war inevitable. E) abdicated in favor of his son, the Crown Prince, and sought exile in Belgium.