Which of the following is NOT a correct pairing of inventor and invention?

A. John Kay and flying shuttle
B. John Bessemer and converter
C. Edmund Cartwright and power loom
D. James Watt and steam engine
E. Josiah Wedgwood and "mule"


Answer: E

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a. diplomatic recognition of Britain's major enemy, Russia b. the exporting of manufactured goods to England c. trading with France while it was at war with England d. Americans "taxed" British ships by seizing their sailors

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Railway companies encouraged settlers to come to the West __________

A) because they could not find laborers to build rail lines B) so they would grow food that could be transported on rail lines C) because they wanted to distribute free land to new settlers D) so that Christianity could become the official religion in state constitutions

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Most nativists of the late 1800s would most likely have supported the

(a) creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants (b) passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act (c) continuation of the contract labor system (d) assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture

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