History of the Americas Questions
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Upon which resource was Great Britain dependent for the success of the steam engine in the Industrial Revolution?
Where on the European continent did industrialization begin first?
Which continental nations were the first to establish a comprehensive railroad system?
What began to replace steamboats as a viable mode of transportation in the United States after the Civil War?
As Britain produced more cotton quickly and cheaply with the aid of steam engines, which country could no longer compete?
The 1842 Coal Mines Act eliminated the employment of ________________________ in mines
What did Britain attempt to do in order to maintain its industrial monopoly?
In the new factory system, workers- many of whom were formerly agricultural laborers- had to adjust to
Who established the first textile factory using water-powered spinning machines in Rhode Island in 1970?
By 1830, women and children made up ________ of the cotton industry's labor force
Which European nation lagged furthest behind in industrialization in 1870?
In which business segment did Britain's first step toward the Industrial Revolution occur?
Who lived in the suburbs of nineteenth-century industrial cities?
British exports ____________ between 1660 and 1760
Where did Thomas Jefferson get the notion of "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" from?
The Great Depression shaped the live of Americans in all of the following ways EXCEPT
Railroads were to the late nineteenth century what __________ were to the 1920s
What statements is NOT true about Henry Ford's "Fordlandia"
The administration of which president was plagues with scandals
The trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanetti demonstrated that