The initial application of machinery to production in the United States was
a. entirely the result of American inventors and inventions.
b. by borrowing from Great Britain.
c. by learning from the mistakes made in France and doing the opposite.
d. to use only adult males as factory workers.
e. to employ slaves in the new southern cotton mills.
Answer: b. by borrowing from Great Britain.
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