The owners of New England textile mills initially turned to __________ for labor.
a. free blacks
b. young single women
c. the urban poor
d. recent immigrants
b. young single women
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By the late nineteenth century, ranching was changing as __________
A) ranchers were fencing off their lands B) experienced cowboys abandoned ranches in favor of factory jobs C) ranches were getting larger D) ranchers switched to farming corn E) cattle shipped from Mexico became cheaper than American cattle
What forces contributed to the growth of the African-American population of colonial America?
What will be an ideal response?
The postwar boom in the range cattle industry began in which of the following?
a. Kansas b. western Missouri c. southern Texas d. eastern Oklahoma e. Nebraska
Whose views in the period leading up to the War of 1812 were reflected by the cartoon, "A Scene on the Frontiers"?
A) Western War Hawks B) New England merchants C) American sailors D) southern planters