The most important innovation of Francis Cabot Lowell's Waltham operation was to
A) divide the tasks of spinning and weaving into separate operations.
B) accumulate the capital of a wide-ranging group of associates.
C) use New England's swift-flowing streams to power his mills.
D) combine the steps of cotton production under one roof.
Answer: D
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