Eli Whitney's 1793 invention of the cotton gin is significant because:
A) It breathed new life into slavery by making cotton production simpler.
B) It was essential to establishing textile mills in America.
C) It was the first invention to receive a patent from the new US government.
D) It made him rich and served as an example to other Americans and the world that the American experiment in democracy worked.
E) All of these choices
A
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Many employers cut wage costs in the late nineteenth century by
a. eliminating pension plans. b. hiring skilled workers. c. eliminating health insurance plans. d. hiring women and children.
According to Andrew Jackson's theory of democracy,
A. Native Americans should eventually be given the vote. B. the South and West deserved special privileges as growing areas. C. there should be one national political party. D. all white male citizens should be treated equally by government. E. slavery should not extend into the West.
Native Americans passed down their traditions from generation to generation through
a. written records. b. trade routes. c. oral history. d. barter.
Which of the following describes a response to the Turner rebellion?
A) strengthening of abolitionism in the South B) extension of legal protections for slaves C) tightening of Virginia’s slave code D) deporting of freed slaves to Africa