The early mechanization of the cloth industry
A) increased both the volume and price of its goods.
B) supplemented rather than replaced home manufacturing.
C) occurred primarily in the South.
D) seldom saw women or children employed as laborers.
Answer: B
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a. cost 4,300 American lives b. preceded the Spanish-American War c. was over in a matter of weeks d. was never completely resolved
A significant military threat to western Europe in the late 8th century came from Scandinavia when:
a. the Abbasid Caliphate's re-conquest of Islamic territories. b. the reappearance from the eastern Steppes of the Huns. c. uprisings of Germanic tribes against Charlemagne's expansion. d. Viking raiders attacked and plundered the British, Danish, and French coastal areas. e. a renewed naval fleet from Carthage.
In the early twentieth century, efforts to improve environmental problems in American cities
A. did not yet include the construction of sewage disposal systems. B. focused on the wealthy and ignored the urban poor. C. included a new federal environmental regulatory agency. D. led many cities to ban horses from their streets. E. were nonexistent.
Which of the following was not decreed by the emperor Shi Huangdi?
a. abolition of slavery b. creation of a uniform writing system c. making Confucianism the only philosophy d. standardizing of weights and measures