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the contributors to the lowell offering were
"factory operatives" at the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the early stages of industry in the United States
in comparison with european nations, american industrial development was slowed by all of the following except
a lack of raw, natural resources
which of the following values would a whig politican support
a strong government looking out for the interests of the public good
the government of mexico and the americans who settled in mexican-controlled texas clashed over all of the following issues except
allegience to spain
americans who would be considered "nativists during the 1840s and 1850s woud most likely be
anti immigrant protestants
in their treatment of native americans, white americans did all of the following except
argue that native americans could not be assimilated into the larger society
the essay from lowell offering, quoted above, descibes the physical labors performed important women-princesses in the time of homer, the roman noblewoman lucretia, the wife of ulysses and the daughter of king george III of great-britatin- in order to
convince middle-class men an women that they should not look down upon women performing physical work.
the indian removal act of 1830 removed about 100,000 native americans from their homelands west of mississippi river east to reservations along the atlantic ocean
false
the market revolution had little effect on womens roles in soceity and the home
false
true or false: "the nulification crisis in south carolina showed that the southeren states were not afraid of the power of the federal government"
false
samuel slater impacted american industrial development by
illegal bringing over designs of british spinning machinery he had committed to memory
which of the following groups were the main immigrants to the US in the early 1800s
irish, german
andrew jackson made all of the following charges against the bank of the u.s. except that
it refused to lend money to politicians
presidents jackson and van buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new texas republic because
it would bring up the questions of balancing slave and free states in congress resolved by the missouri compromise
the lancaster road involved all of the following except
large public investment and federal loans for its construction
americans who moved into texas
often brought slaves to work on farms and plantations
in an effort to assimilate themselves into white society, the cherokees did all of the following except
refuse to own slaves
all of the following are causes for the panic of 1837 except
speculation in western public lands by greedy investors
the reading from the lowell offering reflects which of the following historical developments
the increasing number of women, as well as men, who were making the transition from semi-subsistence agriculture
manufacturing and the factory system was slow to develop in the US part because land was cheap and labor was scarce
true